I heard on the news today that Democrats are attaching anti-war amendments/resolutions to bills having ZERO defense/intelligence relationship. Is there any procedure in Robert's Rules of Order to prohibit this frivolous waste of time? If the bill won't pass of its own merit, shouldn't that be a sign that the will of the majority has spoken? These tactics force legislators to vote for/against legitimate bills to avoid political backlash, or in limited cases, actual care for the process.
2007-03-16 07:41:29 · 8 answers · asked by Common Sense 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
They do it all the time to get stuff pushed through that they want. The bill has to be signed by the President as is or the whole bill is vetoed.
To me, this is exactly why the President needs a line-item veto.
2007-03-16 07:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mutt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but there damn well should be. That's what the line item veto would accomplish, but the dems and libs are dead set against it so they can screw us with agendas hidden in good bills that have nothing in common with what the libs want. So they load a good bill with underhanded and unconstitutional junk so the good part dies because of the bullschit additions. A few loaded up with crap bills pass because the good part is much needed and the bad gets to be 'law' no matter how bad the bad is.
We, however, are not bound by laws that are in conflict with the Constitution and Bill of Rights because of that. It takes money to fight it, which most people don't have.
2007-03-16 08:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Senator Miller and another Senator (I'm ashamed that I forgot their name) introduced a bill that would prohibit such action, and the Democrats shot him down. From that point on, he sided with the Republicans, for the most part, since they were in favor of a few of his ideas. But, you see... Zell warned us that he was going to represent 7.5 million people, and not just a political party. But, we didn't listen to him. Now, the Democrats are picking more centrist candidates, of similar mind to Zell, in order to get and keep a majority... That said, I've seen the Republicans do similar stuff, and it needs to stop.
If a bill is presented on military budgeting, don't attach disaster recovery to it, unless you are giving the recovery effort over to the military, and declaring martial law in that area. VA funding? Sure. THAT makes sense. But, all of this pork barrel politicing is showing us that the Democrats are just as corrupt as the Republicans. I'm glad I'm not a member of either of those parties. They are a disgrace to the electorate.
2007-03-16 08:09:10 · answer #3 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are rules, but the cons disregard then like they are blow flies. Thats why the new min wage law has an attachment that call for business's to get another big enormous tax break. You know, unlike Robin Hood, they take from the poor and give to the rich.
2007-03-16 07:47:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both sides do it all the time. Its up to the House and Senate as a whole to catch it and vote aginst it.
If they can't read, then they don't need to be in office.
2007-03-16 07:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally, no. Bills can include any combination of laws and amendments.
2007-03-16 07:48:44 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. It happens all the time.
2007-03-16 07:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you mean like PORK.?
2007-03-16 10:21:51 · answer #8 · answered by ati-atihan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋