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Offline littlelamb

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Congressional Reform Act of 2010
« on: March 02, 2010, 10:36:19 PM »
Congressional Reform Act of 2010


1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.

A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.


2. No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.


3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back to work.


4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.


5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.


6. Congress looses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.


7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.


8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11 .

The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

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Offline thundley4

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Re: Congressional Reform Act of 2010
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 10:45:12 PM »
Sounds good, but some of it would call for Constitutional amendments and I don't see that happening.

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Re: Congressional Reform Act of 2010
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 02:53:08 AM »
actually, most of that is specifically supported in The Federalist Papers.  selling it should be easy, we're just returning the republic to what it was.

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Re: Congressional Reform Act of 2010
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 09:01:27 AM »
Some of it is good, some silly or simply punitive, but all of it would require Congress to pass it, so it ain't gonna happen.
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Re: Congressional Reform Act of 2010
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2010, 06:45:50 PM »
Sounds good, but some of it would call for Constitutional amendments and I don't see that happening.

The term limited part sure would.

I sure could get 100% behind it though.
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