They've Stooped To A New Low
The subject of the day is that bailout plan. You know, the one I'm sure the entire Congress read when it was three pages long and I'm sure is back to business as usual now that there are 451 pages.
I was curious about how a piece of legislation could fail in one house and pass in the other. Usually, when a bill fails to pass, the damned thing is dead. I've had little nice to say about these people lately and the latest episode makes even those insults seem like glaring praise. The Wall Street Journal has posted a copy of the bill. If someone told me what I'm about to tell you, I'd have to go see for myself.
Witness H.R. 1424 The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 (Introduced in House). According to the Bill Summary & Status file, the major actions on the bill include
MAJOR ACTIONS:
3/9/2007
Introduced in House
10/15/2007
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-374, Part I.
10/15/2007
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-374, Part II.
3/4/2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-374, Part III.
3/5/2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 268 - 148 (Roll no. 101).
10/1/2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, pursuant to the order of September 30, 2008, having achieved the required 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 25. Record Vote Number: 213.
So... It takes a year to get the bill through the House and it sits on a Senate shelf. Almost 7 months later, it is amended with the words "Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:" The following just happens to be 450 pages long. Methinks someone has committed a crime.
Oh, it's perfectly legal. But, is it right? These are, after all, the people who make the laws. This clearly falls int the category of shenanigans (or worse). One would think that lawmakers would have more respect for the law. I've known for years that they don't. This move, however, surprised even me; one who wouldn't put anything past them.
I was curious about how a piece of legislation could fail in one house and pass in the other. Usually, when a bill fails to pass, the damned thing is dead. I've had little nice to say about these people lately and the latest episode makes even those insults seem like glaring praise. The Wall Street Journal has posted a copy of the bill. If someone told me what I'm about to tell you, I'd have to go see for myself.
Witness H.R. 1424 The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 (Introduced in House). According to the Bill Summary & Status file, the major actions on the bill include
MAJOR ACTIONS:
3/9/2007
Introduced in House
10/15/2007
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-374, Part I.
10/15/2007
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-374, Part II.
3/4/2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-374, Part III.
3/5/2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 268 - 148 (Roll no. 101).
10/1/2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, pursuant to the order of September 30, 2008, having achieved the required 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 25. Record Vote Number: 213.
So... It takes a year to get the bill through the House and it sits on a Senate shelf. Almost 7 months later, it is amended with the words "Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:" The following just happens to be 450 pages long. Methinks someone has committed a crime.
Oh, it's perfectly legal. But, is it right? These are, after all, the people who make the laws. This clearly falls int the category of shenanigans (or worse). One would think that lawmakers would have more respect for the law. I've known for years that they don't. This move, however, surprised even me; one who wouldn't put anything past them.
posted by Ebony Ghost at 5:06 PM
1 Comments:
I couldn't agree with you more. I read the bailout plan when it was 3pages, then again when it was 100 pages. When it was 100 pages it was turning into a decent bill. Then over night it jumped to 400+ pages. I knew right away that the bribes....I mean earmarks were in place. Pitiful. I found out that Paulson the Treasury Secretary was the CEO of Beres Stearn in 2006. This whole thing just smells of corruption and now we have a socialist banking system but we can't have healthcare for everyone but we can bail out those who stand to make billions when this is all over....makes me angry.
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