I thought we voted in a Republican Majority in the US House so this kind of crap would not occur.
From the article it sounds like it was the Republicans who were pushing for this and the dems who were fighting it.
Reminds me of the legislation allowing US citizens to be arrested and/or detained indefinitely for being “belligerent” (with no definition for “belligerent”). How any Republican voted for that I’ll never know. It’s a signed blank check for the government to dispose of anybody they want to, no questions asked.
I’m increasingly convinced that the end has got to be near.
We work hard and we get our guys elected but the reality is that at the moment when their elections are secured they cease to be our guys. The money available to them in open and covert bribery and general corruption is far greater for liberals and totalitarians than it is for conservatives, enough so that the knowledge that they might be there for but a single term if they abandon those who elected them is not enough to "keep them honest." It is essentially a protection racket up there. Corporate money flows to the politicians (and bureaucrats) who are in a position and and have the proclivity to hurt you. It is protection money. Conservative officeholders already oppose regulation and taxation thus don't have to be placated. Liberal officeholders' financial status is upgraded tremendously in one term, Conservatives in office do not share in that largesse.