I would add that any bill that impacts the federal budget in any way can and should be voided after a specified period based on the measured success/effectiveness.
If the proposed or expected outcome of a bill is not achieved in a defined period, then it is wasteful. Get rid of it.
I love this.
Must be clear that Congress cannot outsource the rules/impacts/regulations to a Federal alphabet agency that might be needed to implement the bill and/or program. All must be included in the bill text and debated.
Any law that the government puts on we the people they should have to follow including paying into SS be put on Medicare and if they change health insurance, they should have to use it.
On a related note there ought to be a mechanism requiring periodic review of existing bills/laws sunsetting them if no longer necessary. Probably not a whole of Congress approach but maybe a bipartisan committee doing an initial review then pushing it up a level when something is identified as needing reconsideration
This is fantastic! I have been saying for years that we should be able to vote on everything! It is our government it is our money it is our responsibility I want say in what goes on!! Thank you RFK Jr. so smart
Every word of a bill must be provenanced; that is, the bill itself must include a history of who (by name and organization) wrote what in that bill. This way, we know what bills (or what part of any bill) were written by special interest groups. Note that a bill’s provenance isn’t the same thing as who co/sponsors it. It’s possible for the bill’s primary sponsor to have not written a word of it
This would enable every politician the ability to fully read what is proposed prior to voting. Nothing hidden. It’s a must!
An absolute must!
Bill proposition reform is a MUST for our country!
A bill should be about one thing only… the topic in which it is labeled for… And NOTHING more.
For example, a “Border Bill” should NOT contain funding for foreign wars within it!
The current practice in which Congress proposes bills is deceptive to the American public and should be deemed illegal to tack on funding for things unrelated to the title of a bill.
I agree with the proposal, however I also think it should include COST of the bill, HOW the money will be raised to pay for the Bill (tax increases, or reduction in other spending). We’ve got to get out of passing more and more spending without an attached way to pay for it, leading to massive deficits and massive interest on the trillions in debt.
I agree! However, one page is a little too short for laws that will affect every person in the country, unless you want bureaucrats to ‘interrupt’ the laws as they see fit. And to add to your list:
Yes! The American people should be able to read and understand what congress is voting on. 500 pages for a bill? Even our congress won’t read that much!
Unfortunately No. Separate branch so the Executive has not authority to force Congress to do it.
However, the President can tell Congress that he/she/it will VETO any bill that is not single subject/issue. That will put pressure on Congress!
I think this is an essential add-on to this proposal.
Regulatory bodies have been acting as if they make law by instituting punishments, fines, and rules that are treated as if they are law, even if they aren’t.
Laws are Laws, everything else is NOT. No clandestine lawmaking by unelected bureaucracies and bureaucrats.
This is the number one issue in politics today. Both major parties use multiple issues bills to create division. They put items in the bill that the other party will not vote for then claim they are against the main issue. This should not only be Federal Law but I would also welcome it at the State level.
This would help eliminate the other party saying someone voted against insert thing here so they’re bad! When in reality that thing was a sub-item to a larger more damaging thing which was the main item on the bill. Funding Ukraine comes to mind…
There should be a sunset clause for every bill that requires funding. No more funding everything in perpetuity.
Also each one topic bill should spell out how the law will be enforced and who will enforce it.
This is a must moving forward.