Comments on: From the E-Mail box http://www.delawarepolitics.net/from-the-e-mail-box/ Where public policy meets common sense Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David Anderson http://www.delawarepolitics.net/from-the-e-mail-box/comment-page-1/#comment-24289 David Anderson Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:11:01 +0000 http://www.delawarepolitics.net/?p=8732#comment-24289 Are you forgetting? That was enacted. The problem is that a rule can be changed. It was a house promise not a senate promise. When it got to the Senate it was watered down some, but the House backed it up with rules. It is the Democrat led Congress that is started to unravel many of the items discussed in the complaint. So that does make um--Pelosi part of the problem. Republicans under Gingrich and Armey did a better job at representing the people than Democrats under Pelosi and Hoyer. The call is for a Constitutional Amendment which is interesting. I am not sure that I support changing the Constitution, but I am very open to it in this case. It seems to address a fundamental issue--a lot better than term limits. By the way, term limits takes a 2/3's majority in both houses and 3/4's of the states. They promised to bring it up for an up or down vote. 80% of Republicans voted in favor of it. The Republicans never had 2/3's of both houses and they never promised to pass it (that would have been a false promise seeing that they would not have had the power to do so). They promised to give it a fair vote so that people could see where their leaders stood on the record. It turned out that people really didn't care once it was allowed to be debated. Are you forgetting? That was enacted. The problem is that a rule can be changed. It was a house promise not a senate promise. When it got to the Senate it was watered down some, but the House backed it up with rules. It is the Democrat led Congress that is started to unravel many of the items discussed in the complaint. So that does make um–Pelosi part of the problem. Republicans under Gingrich and Armey did a better job at representing the people than Democrats under Pelosi and Hoyer.

The call is for a Constitutional Amendment which is interesting. I am not sure that I support changing the Constitution, but I am very open to it in this case. It seems to address a fundamental issue–a lot better than term limits. By the way, term limits takes a 2/3′s majority in both houses and 3/4′s of the states. They promised to bring it up for an up or down vote. 80% of Republicans voted in favor of it. The Republicans never had 2/3′s of both houses and they never promised to pass it (that would have been a false promise seeing that they would not have had the power to do so). They promised to give it a fair vote so that people could see where their leaders stood on the record. It turned out that people really didn’t care once it was allowed to be debated.

]]> By: T123 http://www.delawarepolitics.net/from-the-e-mail-box/comment-page-1/#comment-24288 T123 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:14:05 +0000 http://www.delawarepolitics.net/?p=8732#comment-24288 David, the very first item in the Contract with America was "FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress". You might want to investigate how this was implemented from 1995 to the present. Term limits was in The Contract also. Republicans controlled Congress 1995-2007. All three branches 2001-2008. And you think Pelosi is the big problem here? David, the very first item in the Contract with America was

“FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress”. You might want to investigate how this was implemented from 1995 to the present.

Term limits was in The Contract also. Republicans controlled Congress 1995-2007. All three branches 2001-2008. And you think Pelosi is the big problem here?

]]> By: Jason O'Neill http://www.delawarepolitics.net/from-the-e-mail-box/comment-page-1/#comment-24287 Jason O'Neill Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:42:03 +0000 http://www.delawarepolitics.net/?p=8732#comment-24287 Yes - Term Limits. And make it retroactive regardless of whether they are switching from one chamber to the other. Yes – Term Limits. And make it retroactive regardless of whether they are switching from one chamber to the other.

]]> By: Mike Protack http://www.delawarepolitics.net/from-the-e-mail-box/comment-page-1/#comment-24284 Mike Protack Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:05:13 +0000 http://www.delawarepolitics.net/?p=8732#comment-24284 Why should they care about you? * You never did anything about it in the past. Correct * They think you are too stupid or don’t care. Correct * Do you really think that Nancy, Harry, Chris, Charlie, * Barnie, et al, care about you? Of course not. Term Limits, term limits, term limits. Why should they care about you?
* You never did anything about it in the past. Correct
* They think you are too stupid or don’t care.
Correct
* Do you really think that Nancy, Harry, Chris, Charlie,
* Barnie, et al, care about you?
Of course not.
Term Limits, term limits, term limits.

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