Wednesday, December 21, 2011
If you're going to cite...
Come on, idiots. If you're going to shout about the Constitution, at least shout what's in the document, not what you imagine to be in the document.
From NPR this morning: So, Republicans voted to create a conference committee to hash out the differences between the House and the Senate. Speaker of the House John Boehner said it is a system the founders gave us, "as old as our nation and as clear as the Constitution."
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No, Boo-hoo-ner, the Conference Committee is nowhere in the document.
Closest you get is this: "All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."
Doesn't specify any mechanism for proposing or concurring.
Of course absolutely everything done by Congress is purely illegal, implicitly or explicitly, so I don't know why I bother to expect any sort of understanding. ¶ 6:14 AM
From NPR this morning: So, Republicans voted to create a conference committee to hash out the differences between the House and the Senate. Speaker of the House John Boehner said it is a system the founders gave us, "as old as our nation and as clear as the Constitution."
= = = = =
No, Boo-hoo-ner, the Conference Committee is nowhere in the document.
Closest you get is this: "All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."
Doesn't specify any mechanism for proposing or concurring.
Of course absolutely everything done by Congress is purely illegal, implicitly or explicitly, so I don't know why I bother to expect any sort of understanding. ¶ 6:14 AM
