We need to make this happen ASAP like yesterday! I got my state congressman to bea sponsor, now we need everyone else to contact their representatives!
This is not a party matter, it’s a matter of common sense for greater good of the American People
Get it done, before they vote themselves a raise next session!
Don’t go bitch at the gas station cashier, your bartender, your banker, or your barber/beautician, pick up the phone and make an appointment to speak to your congressman either by phone or in-person if possible. Too many generations have stood back and done nothing, now its time we use common sense and make it happen, these are our rights!!
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I’m in complete agreement with this. This needs to be coupled with the proposal for a Convention of States and it fits within that items call for a convention. Everyone who supports this should support that and tie these two together.
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Our elected officials must be American citizens and value American policies. As we all see the “squad” and the likes with radical agendas and speech leading to public division by insighting riots, fighting amongst citizens; joining public rioters with hate speech, looting, burning the USA flag, smash n grab, unlawfulness, said radical idealist should be removed from their official office and banned from future agendas and leadership. These officials gaslighting others to commit crimes and getting free passes and bail to continue to commit crimes is treasonous and tyrrany. Period.
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Great Idea. In addition. Regulatory Agency Power
Problem: Per the constitution ALL Regulatory Agencies should NOT have the power they have. That power should rest, per the constitution, with congress.
Solution: Go back to the constitution and make ALL Regulatory Agencies ADVISORY. They would do the same jobs but they would need to report to congress BEFORE they took any actions against Americans.
Yes this would slow things down in DC and yes that’s the point and is a VERY good thing.
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This should be the requirement for states too. I know there are states’ rights which couldn’t force states to adopt such measures, but maybe base federal funding on it.
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#4 needs to be revised to reflect the supreme courts judgement on presidential immunity. Otherwise I agree 
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@applelamps - this is looking quite awesome 
Some other things that might be useful to consider, not sure where exactly they fit in, but have a look:
No Delegation Of Responsitility:
- Bills are prohibited from delegating decision making regarding regulation, penalties (financial or legal), enforcement, or compliance standards to any non-elected division of government.
Sunsetting:
- Bills/Laws that are funded through taxes (either specific or general) should have a 5-year sunset, and require re-authorization by a vote or are extinguished.
Source of Funding:
- Bills/Laws that are funded through taxes have money allocated to the specific operation of the bill, and may not extract, borrow, reallocate, or slush money from other funds.
Request for Additional Funding:
- If funding is found to be insufficient during the exercise of the bill, a revision of the bill’s funding shall be done using the same process as the review and approval of the bill (publishing time, public reading, in-person vote, etc.)
- An accounting and justification for the revision must be provided as an addendum, including:
- An accounting of source of funds to-date
- An accounting of funds spent to-date
- An accounting of where and why additional funds are needed
- An audit of funds already received or spent under the bill
- An accounting of goals met / accomplished under the bill so far, or specific progress completed on goals under the bill
- An assessment of the opportunities for reducing operating costs under the bill or descoping activities defined within the bill
- A justification for where additional funds shall be sourced from.
And also consider how this might fit in - open to ideas on this one as I’m not sure I have all the implications right, but I think you’ll see where it’s going:
Revision of Pre-existing Bills/Laws
- Any bill that modifies pre-existing law (passed prior to this act) shall replace the relevant section of the pre-existing law in its entirety and must be limited to a single issue.
- If the section to be replaced contains more than a single issue, each issue must be submitted in a separate bill.
- Such replacement bills must adhere to the length, reading, and voting requirements as provided in this bill.
- Revision of pre-existing law must provide the same performance and financial assessments as required for requests for additional funding (per the section above.)
BTW, I’m appreciating the collaboration on this, happy to work with you on this excellent start!
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This is a fantastic suggestion. I narrowed in on the bill expiration and renewal piece in my own proposal @PatriotAK and if not opposed would like to get your thoughts on the mechanism i’ve detailed for it to see if you’d like to include or discuss:
Basic principle of mine is all bills expire after 2 years by default, in order to pick up new HoR votes in renewal. If more than 2 years is needed for a bill,ive established a provision for a sliding supermajority vote requirement based on the extension of time, up to a max of 5 years.
I also detail that with this, and your proposal, we HAVE to push for the West Virginia vs EPA ruling to systematically invalidate EVERYTHING that hasnt been created, proposed and signed off solely by the Legislative branch.
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I’m loving the no delegation of responsibility; that is another massively critical piece. We share opinions as well on the expiration time and renewal necessity of bills as well. Great suggestions all around.
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West Virginia vs EPA has already paved the grounds for that decision. Someone just needs to push and it should all fall apart, in our favor.
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I agree with this with one exception: single page bills takes it perhaps a step too far. There should definitely be a maximum allowed (say 20 pages), with one day per page given to review the bill from the time it is proposed until it is voted on. If changes are made to the wording, the time resets.
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This is good. The bill title should be the number bill of that years session only, no more names.
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If you’re liking this topic (one of the best on here so far I think), come have a look at one I put up and consider voting for it as well.
If we get the bills right (finally) as this would put us on track to do, we also need to get the members of both houses right as well. They need to do the job they were hired to do. Please come vote and add on to this with your excellent ideas:
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One page for a bill seems prohibitive.
I kind of agree of the max pg limit maybe a little more than 1 pg, but for sure 5 pg max. I love your idea of the whole 5 days per pg before it can be brought up for a vote…that is brilliant. Nice job, Patriot!
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Amen! If there is a term limit for president, why not Congress? It’s ridiculous when you have a member of Congress vote on a bill and pass away the next day from an ongoing illness. I also think that Congress member should not be allowed to take money or other gifts/incentives from lobbyists or special interest groups once in office. They should receive their pay for the job they do, not become millionaires to the detriment of their constituents and our country.
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Have loved this idea every since I heard Carl Higbe propose it! Every Congressional member should be present for a vote and the reading of the bill must be done prior to the vote!
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Absolutely not! I will look it up right away!
Main change I would make is that i don’t think you can describe the nuances of a proposal in one page. Maybe a 15-20 page limit. Too many times people can’t even read the bill entirely before its time to vote. Also, single issue bills will ensure that one side can’t say the other voted against it and it would have been the case because there was other stuff in it that they didn’t like. That leads to misleading the public on why someone voted against a bill. Single issue bills would completely eliminate that.
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Ok I am glad you asked for this because it was not exactly as I thought. It deals with amending the state constitution. The text is as follows:
In South Dakota, the single-subject rule for ballot measures was established in 2018 with the approval of Constitutional Amendment Z 1. This rule mandates that all citizen initiatives, including both initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes, must address only one subject1. The purpose is to ensure clarity and prevent confusion among voters.
This is Article III Section 21 from our state constitution…
§21. One subject expressed in title.
No law shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its
title.
Still looking for the item that speaks directly to legislation.
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