Representative John Boehner: Restructuring the House of Representatives
The internal rules of the House of Representatives are adopted on the first day of each Congress. For the House of Representatives, that is once every two years.
He spoke against resolutions that override rules in an attempt to rush a bill through Congress. He said Representatives need more time to review a bill before debating them. He referred to more transparency in Congress.
John Boehner also spoke about phantom amendments. All amendments should be available to all members before being debated.
John Boehner said the rules need to be revised and amended.
John Boehner said that the reform of the House rules should make activities more productive.
He said that more debates and more scrutiny would yield a better bill.
John Boehner wants less time spent on resolutions to honor historical figures and achievements and more time spent reviewing and scrutinizing legislation. He also favored a fair debate and a fair vote.
He also stated that Congress has a structural problem. The current structure is inadequate.
John Boehner stated the the authorization (of funds) committee should be held to the same standards as the appropriations (of funds) committee.
He wants to modify the Budget Act of 1974. Here is the URL for that act.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house/hd106-320/pdf/hrm89.pdf
And he wants a "cut (cut spending) as you go" rule to counter the Democrat's "pay (add taxes) as you go" rule. I consider this a very important issue.
However, in my opinion changing the rules won't make things better unless we also make it more difficult for the House to pass a resolution overriding a rule.
For those readers who advocate returning to our roots, I provide the URL of Thomas Jefferson's "A Manual Of Parliamentary Practice."
http://www.constitution.org/tj/tj-mpp.htm
References:
John Boehner's speech on C-SPAN: 111 Congress and the Republican Agenda
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4 Comments
Post a CommentGood analysis.
It'll be interesting to see what Boehner does if he becomes the next Speaker.
Republicans have shifted to the right of center on many issues during the campaign and I'm anxious to see if they govern with the same conservation mindset. Hopefully, their promises to return the country to the right is not just smoke and mirrors to get elected.
Is he really correct on most if not the majority of the issues!
Methinks this is why so many people don't like John Boehner. He speaks his mind, he's not afraid to challenge the status quo, and he's correct on many of these issues. Excellent analysis, John.
Good work, John