U.S. - Should Congress be uplifted?

Question

Total lack of oversight - like letting corrupt police be thier own investigators..." everything looks fine...move along...nothing to see here...."


Please, then - explain if current oversight-commitees are in existance, productive, need to be there - and where the heck are the Dems- spineless ! (it's SHAMEFUL to me as a "moderate lefty") congress seems unable to monitor itself, the pres. white house, lately, anything - WHERE IS THE OVERSIGHT?

UPLIFT CONGRESS!

- the people should vote in ALL NEW senate and house this fall!

Answer 1

Yes, you suggest that U. S. voters should clean house and vote in all new member to Congress this fall. Unfortunately, about 99% of the new candidates are from the same parties as the incumbents. New members will not result in changes unless ties to old members are broken by truly new members who have NO ties to predecessors. How to change this? As you know, elections to Congress, according to the Constitution are the perogative of the states, and changes have to be done on a state-to-state basis. Some suggestions are given below.

Over the decades, the 2-party system has been entrenched in the U. S. in most of the states where they enjoy full or quasi-official status, thus creating a very high barrier of entry to independents and new parties. One way to open up the races is to just let any candidate run in the election. If the candidates have any party affiliation, then these candidates must be selected through a caucus or primary. With the usual requirements, such as the minimum number of signatures for nomination, etc...To increase voter turn-out, the candidates must obtain 50% + 1 of the voters` list, not just 50% + 1 of the votes. This means that the candidates must not only appeal to thier base, but reach across to their opponents` supporters, and traditional abstainers too.

Answer 2

The only use of the term "uplift" that seems to fit is from David Brin.

And in case you missed Con Law 1, we can elect a new House every two years, but only 1/3 of the Senate every two years. Senators serve for a 6 year term.

Answer 3

The problem with both parties is the lack of accountability from the voters. We tend to re-elect politicians because they "bring money to our districts." Surveys show that Americans like their congressperson, but hate congress as a whole.

The only way to solve this vicious cycle is to vote for someone else. Someone who will not get money from your district because he will not allow the money to leave the district (taxpayer) to begin with,

Answer 4

How are democrats spineless? They are the minority in both the House and Senate... they have ZERO control over what gets sent to the floor to be considered and ZERO control of what gets sent to committee. There is nothing they can do.

Answer 5

uhhhh! OK Mr. scary looking dude! and Yes the damnocrats are spineless, yellow, lying, agendaless, monkeys! The right will own the world hahahhahahahaha

Answer 6

What if I informed you the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics anticipated the bursting of the housing market bubble. He anticipated the recession. He anticipated the shape of jobs that Bush's tax cuts might want to create might want to be heavily lower than the volume the administration needed us to believe. to date, this guy has been lifeless-on. He also helps Barack Obama. i wager it basically relies upon on which economist you ask.

Answer 7

Blah Blah Blah- reality is this is NEVER going to happen.