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<blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 1587151" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>What you don't dont realize is that the floor is where the stuff gets discussed, amended and decided on. This SuperCongress is manned by 12 lawmakers, with the president sitting in as the 13th member, the tie-breaker. Not the VP, the POTUS. As we have all seen, what the heads of the parties want, the rest of the rank file almost ALWAYS go along with. This "committee" puts 13 people in charge of the entire thing. If you only have a yay or nay option, there is no ability to question a bill. And guess what? We don't have access to those committee meetings, which means we very well may not get to hear about the new law until it has already passed. No matter how you slice it, it is not a good thing. You have too few people in charge of far too much. And it is all legal, because the constitution states that each house may set their own rules as to how bills get to the voting floor. </p><p></p><p>So lets say 6 dems want to get rid of all private gun ownership. The 6 repubs say no. The tie is the POTUS (that is the official design, according to my sources, even the huff post states this),, who asked for the bill in the first place. guess what, it goes to the floor and gets voted on. I would much rather have the opportunity to change the bill or at least discuss it. We are losing our rights as citizens. If you don't see that, then you are blind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="71buickfreak, post: 1587151, member: 8373"] What you don't dont realize is that the floor is where the stuff gets discussed, amended and decided on. This SuperCongress is manned by 12 lawmakers, with the president sitting in as the 13th member, the tie-breaker. Not the VP, the POTUS. As we have all seen, what the heads of the parties want, the rest of the rank file almost ALWAYS go along with. This "committee" puts 13 people in charge of the entire thing. If you only have a yay or nay option, there is no ability to question a bill. And guess what? We don't have access to those committee meetings, which means we very well may not get to hear about the new law until it has already passed. No matter how you slice it, it is not a good thing. You have too few people in charge of far too much. And it is all legal, because the constitution states that each house may set their own rules as to how bills get to the voting floor. So lets say 6 dems want to get rid of all private gun ownership. The 6 repubs say no. The tie is the POTUS (that is the official design, according to my sources, even the huff post states this),, who asked for the bill in the first place. guess what, it goes to the floor and gets voted on. I would much rather have the opportunity to change the bill or at least discuss it. We are losing our rights as citizens. If you don't see that, then you are blind. [/QUOTE]
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