Re:Responsibility Deflected, the CLOUD Act Passes
by jakeogh on Friday March 23, 2018 @01:03PM
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The line item veto will never be back, it should never have happened. Congress writes laws, not the executive. I'm with you on the rest of that.
Re:Responsibility Deflected, the CLOUD Act Passes
by syshum on Friday March 23, 2018 @01:36PM
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>>Congress writes laws, not the executive
and the executive approves them, that is the check. If they created a Single Issue rule it would not be an issue anyway, but if they are going to have the ability to pass omnibus bills then a check on that is the line item veto, no line item veto not omnibus they should go hand in hand
Re:Responsibility Deflected, the CLOUD Act Passes
by jakeogh on Friday March 23, 2018 @01:46PM
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It changes the meaning of the law as written.
Re:Responsibility Deflected, the CLOUD Act Passes
by dragonwriter on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:06PM
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> if they created a Single Issue rule it would not be an issue anyway
The single issue rule does not stop omnibus spending bills (which is exactly what normal budget bills are.)
No they are not fine, not has they are used today. Congress as normal has abused the power of these bill this being a prime example.
This is why we need a Constitutional Amendment to bring the US Constitution in line with 41 US States where the Single Subject Rule is enforced.
We also need to bring back the Line Item Veto
We also need a mandatory Public Comment period, I propose 1 day for every 10 pages of Text... so for this bill it would have required 223 days of public comment before a vote would have been allowed, instead of what 12 hours this one got from the time it was submitted until it was being voted on