As many of you know, I am positive that the Republican Party will take over both houses of Congress, and if my calculations are correct, by a significant margin in each. I'm going to go on the assumption that not only will the Congress have republicans in the majority, but that the direction in each house will be directed by the more conservative than moderate branch.
So I'm not going to argue differences with regard to internal GOP issues in both houses. While such differences will indeed be present, I have belief that the significant conservative shift in both houses will dictate the agenda, despite all the politicking that the dems will try to woo on the most liberal of the GOP office holders.
So while the soccer weenies on the left try to get the media to promote those GOP yahoos, the real elements of the GOP will have to start governing. And that is the purpose of this thread: What actions should a Congress with a definite conservative tilt enact?
Obviously, much of our anger will carry over from the election to that of vindictive action, such as setting up investigatory committees to determine the extent of criminal activity in both the legislative and executive branches of government. These committees are valid, to a point. We need to ensure that the committees are used PRIMARILY for exposing the actual problems, and coming up with solutions to actually implement their fixes, or at least establish a course of governance that actually addresses the fixes in a rational, production-based manner. The SECONDARY issue, actual sanctions (including impeachment charges), should remain secondary to the more pertinent immediacy of fixing the problem in the first place.
So, where do we start? Imagine Jim DeMint as Majority leader, and John Boehner as the Speaker, FOR NOW. This may change, and actually infers a bias on my part based upon both reasonable outcome results and personal preference, but the purpose of this thread is more of a business plan to incorporate the return of the second branch of government to it's Constitutional mission.
These are the main things I'd like to see Congress move on, not in any particular order as they are all vitally important:
1. Real economic change, starting with lowering tax rates, but coming up with a valid plan that Obama cannot veto.
2. Real corruption reform, starting with following the money on the "stimulus" packages
3. Traditional energy industry affirmation and support, in particular the oil and coal industries. "DRILL BABY DRILL" should continue to be our mantra, as most conservatives p
4. A commitment to defining the exit strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq that can only be triggered by winning
5. A commitment to ensuring that the Internet remains open to capitalist investment, to ensure the free dissemination of media and, in fact, offer "TRUE 'Net Neutrality'", and NOT the socialist version pushed by both the current Administration and large search engine companies (Google) and infrastructure giants
Of course, the entire mission depends on being able to avoid being distracted by Democrats who will now be politicking for their very lives. In 1995 Clinton and the Democratic minority, aided and abetted by the then-Internet-less mainstream media, was able to derail the conservative elements of the congressional agenda. That can NOT HAPPEN this time around, and I am of the opinion it will not.
OK, start hammering away. I will work on some of the specifics on specific action items, but I'd like to look forward.
