"“We continue to witness historic obstruction by the minority party [??? emphasis added] when it comes to funding the federal government and confirming the president’s nominees,” the letter said."
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Patriots are reminded that the biggest obstruction for federal funding that post-17th Amendment (17A) ratification lawmakers are blatantly ignoring is the Constitution.
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States."Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
"The smart crooks long ago figured out that getting themselves elected to federal office to make unconstitutional tax laws to fill their pockets is a much easier way to make a living than robbing banks." —me
"Federal career lawmakers probably laugh all the way to the bank to deposit bribes for putting loopholes for the rich and corporations in tax appropriations laws, Congress actually not having the express constitutional authority to make most appropriations laws where domestic policy is concerned. Such laws are based on stolen state powers and uniquely associated stolen state revenues." —me
Consider that although the Constitution mandates supermajority votes for the Senate on certain issues, unlike the House, the Constitution uniquely guarantees each senator one vote.
”Article I, Section 2, Clause 1: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature."
(No guarantee of one vote per representative like senators have; a fractional vote per representative ok.)
”Article I, Section 3, Clause 1: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote [emphasis added]."
So if so-called minority party obstruction is based on the constitutionally non-enumerated, 60 vote cloture rule, then the 60 vote rule is unconstitutional imo.
In other words, the 60 vote rule seems to be a smoke-and-mirrors way for the corrupt, post-17A Senate to fool citizens as to which constitutionally undefined political party is the current front-end majority party for the uniparty in the Senate.
Corrections, insights welcome.
Patriots, we really need to get rid of 17A.
The 16th Amendment can disappear too.
And the 16th and the 19th.