Ultimately, there needs to be reform of the Constitution's Commerce Clause. It is the Court's expansive interpretation of Congress's power regulate under the Commerce Clause that allows for huge bureaucracies, stifling and intrusive regulations, and makes ObamaCare even imaginable.
Also, if you limit Congress's power to regulate and get involved in so many facets of industry and life, then you will limit the presence and effectiveness of special interest lobbyists on Capitol Hill.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:22:00 am
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Perry has been slowly rolling out plans and speaking on issues in layers, adding a little more week or so. I can tell you that he has not even mentioned what his executive orders will do regarding manufacturing plants being built in states like OH, PA & WV. Industry has already announced intent and engineering firms are backlogged designing these new plants. All that is need is the assurance that drilling will not be stopped by nefarious regulations.
His Energy & Jobs plan will in fact will create much more than 1.2 million jobs and many of them old line AFL-CIO jobs.
The Commerce Clause does not need refining. What needs refining is the quality of the people in DC. People who are not reading between the lines to make laws/Constitution say what it doesn't.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 2:50:00 pm
Messrs. Jefferson and Adams and Washington and Franklin and Hancock and Co. NEVER intended Congress to be a full time job. They were to convene several times a year, deal with the Federal business (earning just a stipend), and then go home TO THEIR REAL JOBS. Earn a living like everyone else.
Somewhere that idea got lost.
Rick Perry thinks it should make a comeback.
As do a fair number of the bloggers you'll find here.
CBS:
The Dems, of course, disagree (as would many of their useless brethren on the other side of the aisle)
Gateway Pundit:
Leading Dem Hoyer Slams Perry’s Plan For Part-Time Congress
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 12:11 PMSteny Hoyer, the second-ranking democrat in the House next to Nancy Pelosi lashed out at the Perry plan today to limit Congressional work hours. Hoyer believes a part-time Congress will not have the ability to cut the record deficit (Democrats just tripled it) or to create jobs. (Unemployment under the Obama regime is at record levels.)Obama tripled the deficit above a trillion dollars for the third straight year this past year. [Image] The Obama deficit this year is reach $1.299 trillion. (The Captain’s Comments)Barack Obama also added over a trillion dollars to the Federal Budget in the last 4 years. [Image] That’s at least a 30% increase in federal spending in just 3 years. Hoyer’s worried that if Congress is part-time they won’t be able to speand your money. The Wall Street Journal reported:Rep. Steny Hoyer (D., Md.), the second-ranking Democrat in the House, reacted angrily Tuesday to the suggestion by Texas Gov. Rick Perry that Congress become a part-time institution.Rick Perry waits to speak at the Scott County Republican Party’s Ronald Reagan Dinner, Monday in Bettendorf, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) “Is this a serious proposal he’s making for a country that has very high unemployment, who’s budget deficit is larger than it’s ever been in history, which has two wars that we’re confronting and trying to bring to a conclusion?” Mr. Hoyer said of the Republican presidential hopeful.“If this is what he thinks is pandering to the Tea Party, it is not in my opinion speaking to the issues that the American public feels are very, very critical to them, jobs being the number one issue,” Mr. Hoyer said. “So I don’t think it’s a very serious effort on his part.”In a speech Tuesday in Bettendorf, Iowa, Mr. Perry outlined his plan to overhaul the federal government.“I do not believe Washington needs a new coat of paint, it needs a complete overhaul,” he said. “We need to uproot, tear down and rebuild Washington, D.C., and our federal institutions.” Mr. Perry’s plan for Congress? “It’s time to create a part-time Congress where their pay is cut in half, their office budgets are cut in half, and their time in Washington is cut in half.”
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Close this window Jump to comment formUltimately, there needs to be reform of the Constitution's Commerce Clause. It is the Court's expansive interpretation of Congress's power regulate under the Commerce Clause that allows for huge bureaucracies, stifling and intrusive regulations, and makes ObamaCare even imaginable.
Also, if you limit Congress's power to regulate and get involved in so many facets of industry and life, then you will limit the presence and effectiveness of special interest lobbyists on Capitol Hill.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:22:00 am
Perry has been slowly rolling out plans and speaking on issues in layers, adding a little more week or so. I can tell you that he has not even mentioned what his executive orders will do regarding manufacturing plants being built in states like OH, PA & WV. Industry has already announced intent and engineering firms are backlogged designing these new plants. All that is need is the assurance that drilling will not be stopped by nefarious regulations.
His Energy & Jobs plan will in fact will create much more than 1.2 million jobs and many of them old line AFL-CIO jobs.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:14:00 am
The Commerce Clause does not need refining.
What needs refining is the quality of the people in DC. People who are not reading between the lines to make laws/Constitution say what it doesn't.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 2:50:00 pm