United States Congress – District 3

We all have money in the bank but what happens to the value of it when more money is printed? Well if you and I 1 out of a 100 particular things and someone made 100 more of those things both of us would now have 1 out of a 200. The federal reserve keeps printing the money to bail out the wealthy bankers stealing the value of the money we have saved. Which candidate will stop this? Which candidate will stop Congress from borrowing money for new programs and saddling the rest of us with the bill plus interest? Who will end this?

McCain will help lower the deficit which will re-value the Dollar.

If that would keep many Congressmen from shady deals and bribes? We pay for their greed, one way or another, so why not reduce the temptations, enforce more penalties?

No, I would strip them of all pay, put them on Social Security, and ban TV ads altogether. Take the money out of it and just maybe we might get people in Washington that are honest. Put them on Social Security instead of their lucrative pensions and Social Security would get fixed in no time and ban TV ads as I am sick and tired of watching them on my TV. Personally I don’t think this will work but neither will giving the greedy bas turds more money, they will just want more.

US drivers are irate that the price of gas is rising so high.

Testifying before congress, Robert Malone, chairman of BP America, said that 85 percent of the country’s coastal waters are off limits to drilling.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080401/D8VPA35G1.html

The oil companies are making money without those areas being drilled. Can you imagine how much more many they’ll make when they do decide to drill on those restricted areas? The problem is that we need to stop giving these companies tax breaks. With the record profits they’re making they can pass some of it to the consumers.

"I, (name of Member), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/memberfaq.html

Cathy McMorris? She needed a couple emails & a follow up phone call by me to get her to sign HR 1207.

Short of Ronaldo Ernesto Paul & Michele Bachmann the cupboards are pretty well bare of Constitutionally based congressional reps.

For me, it’s when I read things like this:

"Sen. Barack Obama said he would push his legislation ordering troops out of Iraq by March 2008."

"Sen. John Kerry, who drafted a similar proposal, said Congress’ actions will be watched carefully by voters headed to the polls in 2008."

It’s not like the media is really lying, but they know this is not what the people voted for and yet they never ask these @$$clowns WHY they are not doing the bidding of the people who VOTED for and ELECTED them? So it’s the same thing to me and the above is how I know we’re SCREWED.

Everything on Foxx Noise Network is probably a lie.
Everything on Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Drudge, Conservative radio talk shows…..you can be pretty sure they are arms of propaganda and disinformation in favor of the repulikan one-party wanna-be-ruling party.

their purpose is to represent the people…

a.the house of lords
b.the house of representatives
c.the senate?

D.) We don’t have a lower House. Both Houses are equal, with one based on population and the other based on equal representation of the state; where both the Senate and The House of Representatives being elected by direct popular vote.

Edit: To be fair, JerseyGirl is not "incorrect" per se. Colloquially speaking, the House of Representatives is the "lower house," but this is not a definition given by our Constitution, but rather given as designation based on the explicit (or perceived) power of the two Houses. So, to say that we have a "lower house" is not necessarily incorrect, but it is not expressed in our Constitution nor is it what the framers of our Constitution intended. We have two houses that check each other and are of equal power with different responsibilities.

I just wanted to clear that up… and it looks like I didn’t do it in time for JerseyGirl to not have deleted her answer. Sorry.

I agree just for the checks and balances it would be important to have a democratic congress. It has been a free ride for Mr. Bush and that is why he is getting away with so much.

I just went to http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votingrecord.xpd. That site lists for me the voting records of my federal representative and state senators. Why is the federal Government voting on such things as:

Sep 6, 2006-H.Res. 875: Congratulating Spelman College on the occasion ofits 125th anniversary.

Sep 6, 2006-H.Res. 605: Recognizing the life of Preston Robert Tisch and his outstanding contributions to New York City, the New York Giants Football Club, the National Football League, and the United States.

Jul 25, 2006-H.Con.Res. 384: Recognizing and honoring the 100th anniversary. of the founding of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans

Jul 25, 2006-H.Con.Res. 449: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historic 1946 season of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member Bob Feller and his return from military service to the United States.

First one must understand our system of government. Do you have about 16 years to spend in various colleges and universities? You’ll probably have to attend ones out of country as well because the universities here are liberal bastions.

Secondly, one must understand that since Lincoln usurped the Constitution and started the Civil War, the rights of the people have been trampled, the rights of the states have been trampled, and the federal government has grown more and more out of control and reached further and further beyond it’s Constitutional powers.

We elect so called representatives to go to Washington DC and represent us. Great in theory but in practice all they usually represent are the "party line" and the interests of those who they figure will dole out enough money to get them re-elected. The only real job of a Congressman or Senator in DC is to get re-elected. They begin working on their next campaign before they even step foot into their offices after election.

However, since we send our legislators to DC "full time" (the recesses and breaks and "home visits" that they take are rediculous to any person who actually WORKS for a living) they must do legislation.

NOW HERES THE REASON THOSE THINGS YOU ASKED ABOUT ARE PUT TO THE FLOOR…..If your representatives actually kept busy and writing MEANINGFUL legislation, they would probably piss off a lot of their constituents. Well, the money of the special interests is what funds the campaigns but they HAVE to keep your vote and that’s what the money is for…..to propagandize you into voting for you. It doesn’t matter how much money they have, if you don’t vote for them because you’re pissed….they’re out of office, out of power, and have to go…..WORK.

SO…..they waste their time and your money writing up the dumbest crap you’ve ever heard of and presenting it on the floor and using all the pomp and circumstance they can muster to sound all officious and important to the cameras of CSPAN.

WHY….because if they write that meaningful legislation, they and all their colleages will have to vote for or against it and THEN they have a voting record on something important. No one cares at election time that Senator craphead voted for or against congratulating Spelman College.

The solution my friends is a revolution. The Constitution of this formerly great nation not only states that we are to change the government when it is non responsive to the people but it OBLIGATES you to do exactly that.

There are a myriad of other wastes of your dollar in the form of government idiocy…..

The requirement for a "permit" to exercise Constitutionally guaranteed rights. A permit which costs a dandy sum in most locales.

Welfare. A great idea for a "rich" nation to help those who hit hard times to weather the storm and get back on their feet. Unfortunately the federal government and it’s courts have usurped the rights of the States (and the people) by mandating all manner of "rights" and "benefits" that MUST be paid. The Constitution does not grant the federal government this power.

Ever wonder why your medical treatment and medications cost so much? Government regulation compliance is 60% of the cost of your doctors or hospital visit as a national average. The cost of your medications is estimated to be 50-70% higher than if the industry regulated itself rather than the federal government.

Guess what? The Constitution grants CERTAIN powers to the federal government and SPECIFICALLY states that all other powers are retained by the States and the People.

That went out the door with the Civil War which violated the Constitution and Posse Comitataus (spelling) which requires the State Governor to request federal military to take civillian action. That just one minor trampling of the Constitution at that time. Your school teachers told you the Civil War was about slavery, it was not. It was about States Rights and the rights of the People being superior to the federal government.

We lost that one and have been losing ever since.

So, the answer to your question is…..because they’ve been doing it since the Civil War and it isn’t going to change until we take our Constitutional obligation to replace them. There is a reason for the second amendment. At the time the people and their arms kept the government in control because they were the military. It may be too late now.

With today’s technologies why can’t we get rid of the heavily influenced, overpaid, and lazy congress. Why don’t we just allow the people to truly vote via either the internet/phone/or T.V. system all computer controlled and able to have the results posted almost immediatly. This would prevent some of the blunders we have ran into now. Plus it would prevent congress from being influenced by money or power. Then maybe we can show the president who is really in control!

That would require the entire constitution and government to be changed, I don’t think people would support that.

united states congress.how many identical groups could be formed from all senators and representatives?

You need to explain what you mean by "identical group" if you want a sensible answer here.