About that troop funding bill.
We did two cycles of Congress sending the President bills that he would not sign. It was also clear that the people in Congress that wanted to withdraw the troops did not have the votes to overturn the President’s veto. There seemed to be a impasse.
It’s at that point, I began to really worry. Having read Claire Wolfe’s Land-mine Legislation. (while the whole thing is worth a read, you might want to skip down to the part that is subtitled STEALTH ATTACKS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ) and seeing that congressional staffers won’t even get a copy of the complete immigration bill until after they have voted on it, one has to worry what kind of standard mischief our congress-critters have decided to bury in their latest masterpiece.
I got at least part of the answer on the way home from work today. It seems that the troop funding bill has at least some language that contains a raise in the federal minimum wage. Gee, I’m so glad we got a chance to debate the issue and influence our congress-thingys on that.
I’m not entirely sure where I read the idea - perhaps in a comment over at saysuncle.com - but it’s a goodie. How about a 7 day waiting period for all legislation? You know, so Congress does not go off half-cocked. Simply impose a 7 day period from when the full text of a bill gets published over at http://www.thomas.gov/, before congress is allowed a chance to vote on the bill. Perhaps we’ll have a $5000 fine and ten points on the drivers license for any legislator who disobeys this law. That ought to survive a constitutional challenge.
