by Tina Grazier
Those guys! Now that they have no power to speak of, good ideas are popping up like pop tarts on the first day of school. The Patriot Post reports four new bills that republican legislators are proposing:
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) seeks co-sponsors for his Sunlight Act (HR 170), which would require greater transparency in the legislative process.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) will introduce the Tax Code Termination Act, which would sunset the entire federal tax code in 2010 and require the implementation of an entirely new code. If only!
Rep. John Carter (R-TX) introduced legislation to prevent the Social Security Administration from paying benefits on unauthorized or illegal work.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced the Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act, which would make permanent the $10,000 child-adoption tax credit, set to expire in 2010.
Way to go guys...
Sooner would have been better. I can't help thinking these are the kind of bills that are proposed just to refer back to at election time...the "we tried and they voted against it" bills that no one expects will pass but "sure will make us look good to the voters."
Tell you what guys...get one of them to the floor and get it passed and then we'll think about offering kudos ...and VOTES. And by the way, my preference would be the "Tax Code Termination Act" just in case you're truly interested. Pass that one and the "Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act" would be unnecessary...in fact a lot of bills would be unnecesary.
Tina I think you hit the nail on the head. IM not about to give these Republican legistlators a pass. This is nothing more than proposing a bill that they are fairly sure will be voted down. They can then kick and scream about the Dems being obstructionist. The bottom line is that these all seem like worthwhile bills that they should have attempted to pass when they were in power, but probably assumed were not politically feasible in an election year.
Maybe its partially our fault as the electors, for continuing to encourage this type of cowardice.
probably assumed were not politically feasible in an election year.
Jack, I understand the very big consideration of the "election year" that these guys face. It's a tough problem...which is why they should just stick to their guns and do what they think is right instead of "playing games"...as you so rightly mentioned in your post!