Articulate, strongly conservative, and with a proven business turn-around track record, Benn Sasse "gets it".
A fellow to keep an eye on...
(note to WaTimes: it's "Capitol", not 'capital'. You shouldn't need to be told this...
A great idea.
Not a bad idea. Would cut down on travel expenses. Could you imagine who would run for congress knowing they would be living in the mddle of Nebraska for half of the year? You might even get people who are interested in the welfare of the country instead of getting rich.
The Camp Whores would just move as well..................
There should be no capital. There is no reason senators and representatives shouldn’t be able to vote via computers, or save up all the votes and do them in a 2 month period of work in DC with the rest of the time spent working in your home state.
The Capitol is the bulding housing Congress. The capital is the seat of government.
LOL, I changed my spelling based on the article. I thought I must be wrong LOL
So is this guy an adherent of the “John Titor prophecy”?
I have thought for a long time that we should consider moving the Us Capitol to the Midwest.
I am tired of the political class and elitist attitudes of the Northeast and West coast liberals toward the ordinary, sane person who is living outside their clique.
Currently our federal government class is behaving immaturely, sort of like a HS Sophomore group of bullies. They disdain anyone who is not from their so-called “class”.
Nebraska would not be my choice, but is worth considering. I always thought maybe St. Louis would be good as it is geographically in about the center of the country.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Talk about short-sightedness!
Move the Capitol and they will follow the money.
It might take a week, but K Street and the cronies would just relocate.
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If this is the level of judgment by this political wannabe, VOTERS BEWARE!
Let’s move the capital to Imperial, Nebraska—or Broken Bow.
Thought Experiments are what are driving both foreign and domestic policy right now. Close the friggin' teacher's lounges and put people who have real life experience in charge. JMHO!
absolutely. fantastic idea. in fact, I think congress should be moved every year, and the location should be kept secret until last last possible second. at least the lobbyists would be inconvenienced.
just go back to our original constitution, articles of confederation and perpetual union, w/o executive, congress, judical (and all the alphabet-soup agencies that go with ‘em!...and bulldoze the whole damn place...and go back to states rights altogether...
Semper Watching!
Dick.G: AMERICAN !
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Why do we need a permanent capitol at all?
500+ congresscritters. That’s not even a moderately sized convention center crowd. There are 50 states and 52 weeks in a year. How about we move them to a different convention center every week in a different state with the stipulation that any city hosting within a state can’t do so again for at least 10 years (unless the state doesn’t have enough cities with conference facilities large enough to host 500 peeps).
Imagine how much more we could influence them if we knew for certain the whole gaggle would be in our home state for at least a week every year? And instead of being insulated in DC, they’d have to actually see the country they’re legislating against.
I’d also mandate that, week to week, they had to move to the next geographically close state to reduce travel costs. Maybe start in Maine and work their way South or West until they got to the coast, then hop over to Alaska and then Hawaii.
Move it to Somalia or Iraq.
i believe Washington should move to Lincoln... cut the pay in half, double the representation to force more consensus building, allow states to set the payscale and living quarters, and get the money out of politics... the flights home for nancy pelousy will be halved and make up for all the moving costs... eventually.
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Why stop at Nebraska. Why not:
1. Move the White House, Congress, and the headquarters of all federal agencies to Barrow, Alaska.
2. Mandate the President remain in Barrow when Congress is in session.
3. Mandate Congress assembles on the first Monday in January and remains in session for not less than 120 days.
4. Mandate that the seat of any member of Congress who leaves Barrow during those 120 days per year except for emergency sessions be declared vacant.
5. Limit federal headquarters staffs to 500 people per agency.
I know some of these suggestions will require Constitutional amendments, but we need a Constitutional Convention to get the country back to basics.
Thank you Mark Levin!
Turn DC into a national museum. Close down the house, senate, and white hut. Just about anything that needs to be done can be managed with video conferencing from their home districts.