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Two new rules will give Constitution a starring role in GOP-controlled House (never done before)
Washington Post ^
| 12/29/10
| Philip Rucker and Krissah Thompson
Posted on 12/29/2010 2:44:05 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather
WOW amazing how this common sense thing that most Americans thought was actually happening, actually wasn’t.... Love it... The USA getting back to basics, cut all that wasteful government and not with a scalpel either Obama’s budget requires a chain saw...
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:07:51 PM PST
by
Typical_Whitey
("It doesn't matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think".... Thomas Sowell)
To: Libloather
The 4,543-word document, including all 27 amendments, could be read aloud in just 30 minutes. If that's all the time it takes to read our Founding Document aloud, then it ought to be read at the beginning of every session of Congress.
I understand that the Senate hasn't adopted this rule, though they should.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:08:48 PM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Libloather
We should make note of how many liberals are not there or walk out during the reading it will make great campaign commercials.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:09:52 PM PST
by
Typical_Whitey
("It doesn't matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think".... Thomas Sowell)
To: Libloather
When Republicans take over next week, they will do something that apparently has never been done before.....They will read the Constitution aloud.
Are we supposed to be impressed?
When do these AHs lower taxes, secure our borders, start jailing thousands of greedy employers that hire millions of illegal aliens, and dramatically reduce the size of this bloated, ever growing corrupt government?
When does that happen??
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:10:32 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit.)
To: Talisker
How dare you write about that which should not be noticed, how do you expect the Congress to retain its superior powerful hold on this country if we talk about that which we should not talk about and notice that which should never be noticed.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:12:21 PM PST
by
Typical_Whitey
("It doesn't matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think".... Thomas Sowell)
To: Libloather
I can’t wait to see Rat bills picked apart over Constitutionality. They won’t know what hit them and they will have no idea how to defend the bills.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:22:20 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Libloather
What about the old bills that are unconstitutional and have already done great damage?I say we need to start all over from the ground up all over the country in all governments and undo the FDR mess.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:22:36 PM PST
by
taxtruth
(Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
To: vpintheak
After new-START passed, I have less and less confidence. I know it was the lame ducks, but still . . .
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:24:59 PM PST
by
mykroar
(I believe in the simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it.)
To: Libloather
Will they dare to bring up the subject of term limits?
Only then will I start to believe their sincerity.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:25:11 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: Libloather
US Constitution should be a permanent Power Point Presentation looping slide show above and behind the speaker`s rostrum.
To: 50cal Smokepole; AZamericonnie; b4its2late; bitt; blackbart.223; Blood of Tyrants; brothers4thID; ..
Something of interest ping!
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:26:14 PM PST
by
writer33
(Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
To: Libloather
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:26:27 PM PST
by
Baynative
(Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
To: Libloather
Oh That is Nice!
Whoever can honestly claim credit for this idea deserves LOTS of campaign funding from the general public.
Oh... and whoever opposes it needs to be thrown out on their ears.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:30:11 PM PST
by
Safrguns
To: Libloather
I think this is great but......who interprets the Constitution? I can read English but can the liberals? I don't think so.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:31:01 PM PST
by
mosaicwolf
(Strength and Honor)
To: bunkerhill7
You know, that’s a very good idea.
To: 1010RD
This regular article goes out to thousands of small newspapers throughout the US every week. 'Newspapers?', you say. 'Who reads newspapers anymore?' The same demographic that votes - Seniors.
Not necessarily true. I haven't subscribed to or read a newspaper in more than 10 years. They are not even good fishwrap but are good for masking your spray paint jobs.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:32:09 PM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Sergio
One more lefty on the USSC, and the Constitution itself won’t pass muster any longer.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:33:14 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
To: Sergio
I wonder if they will call out their own negligence when they read section 4.... For proof of their failure to act we only need to look at the conditions in our southern border states, the invasion has been ongoing for years.
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence”
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:33:27 PM PST
by
Typical_Whitey
("It doesn't matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think".... Thomas Sowell)
To: Lazlo in PA
Yes, it will make for great theater. For the first time we may get to view the wild ravings of progressive lunatics defending their social justice, Marxist interpretations.
I hope our guys hit ‘em with quotes and debates from the founding era. Let the rats sputter about a living and breathing document and make fools of themselves.
Conservatives must also be willing to buck Supreme Court rulings, for Scotus has royally botched up the commerce and general welfare clauses.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:33:45 PM PST
by
Jacquerie
(What has your government done to you today?)
To: Libloather
ENUMERATED POWERS - not only brilliant, but constitutionally correct.
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posted on
12/29/2010 3:36:55 PM PST
by
Baynative
(Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
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