Rep. Mia Love Introduces Measure to Limit Bills to One Subject at a Time (suspect, leader)

[rbohm]

i love the idea. i hate bills that have riders, and amendments attached that have nothing to do with the original bill, but were put in as "gotcha" legislation. that way if you vote for the original bill, you can be excoriated if it is bad legislation, but if you vote against it, then you can be excoriated for voting against the attachment.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by rbohm

i love the idea. i hate bills that have riders, and amendments attached that have nothing to do with the original bill, but were put in as "gotcha" legislation. that way if you vote for the original bill, you can be excoriated if it is bad legislation, but if you vote against it, then you can be excoriated for voting against the attachment.

This is only one of the many games that can be played. Lobbyists *love* playing these games.

[saltine]

Good luck with that. D.C. thrives on a steady diet of pork. Hey, maybe muslims wouldnt be so bad in DC

[eye state your name]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

I like it!

Of course it probably won't go anywhere, but she gets a standing ovation from me for trying to tackle this issue.


"Rep. Mia Love wants to crack down on Congress dumping controversial legislation into unrelated, must-pass bills in the middle of the night.

The Utah Republican has introduced a measure to limit bills in Congress to one subject at a time."

Rep. Mia Love wants to limit congressional bills to one subject at a time | Deseret News

Rand Paul, Jim DeMint and Mike Lee also sponsored a similar bill in the Senate.

I think the GOP in both houses introduce these types of resolutions on a regular basis, but they never seem to make it to the floor for a vote.

[elan]

I like it too TigerLily.

[EuroTrashed]

She should hide it in some unrelated bill

[nononsenseguy]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

I like it!

Of course it probably won't go anywhere, but she gets a standing ovation from me for trying to tackle this issue.


"Rep. Mia Love wants to crack down on Congress dumping controversial legislation into unrelated, must-pass bills in the middle of the night.

The Utah Republican has introduced a measure to limit bills in Congress to one subject at a time."

Rep. Mia Love wants to limit congressional bills to one subject at a time | Deseret News

This has been tried before. It always fails. Let's see if a Republican Congress can get it done this time.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

I like it!

Of course it probably won't go anywhere, but she gets a standing ovation from me for trying to tackle this issue.


"Rep. Mia Love wants to crack down on Congress dumping controversial legislation into unrelated, must-pass bills in the middle of the night.

The Utah Republican has introduced a measure to limit bills in Congress to one subject at a time."

Rep. Mia Love wants to limit congressional bills to one subject at a time | Deseret News

Do you like it at the state level?

[mm4]

Rep. Love has introduced one of the most important pieces of legislation in the history of the U.S.

A similar movement was started by Janine Turner to limit bills to 30 pages.

Originally Posted by eye state your name

Rand Paul, Jim DeMint and Mike Lee also sponsored a similar bill in the Senate.

Each of them, including Mia, are Tea Party.

[mountainrose]

Originally Posted by kat in aiken

I think I will write my congress person and let him know I support this legislation. That is one way for all us little people to get our voices heard. Beats posting about it on CD. Good thing my computer multitasks so that I can continue to post on CD while I do it!

Good idea, I am going to do the same.
Hope this gets the media attention it deserves.
Would love to see them bring this up at the debates tonight.