Otto von Bismarck once said "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made." Recently we have been told that there are a couple of procedures that have "been done all them time" or "have been done for years". Yet strangely, nobody in the general public seems to have heard of these procedures. They are reconciliation and the Slaughter Rule.
Both are rules that the Congress has set for themselves in order to expedite the approval of legislation. I don't like that either party uses these types of rules. I have to wonder about an organization that can make the rules (or change the rules) for a situation in which they are the only participant. To me it seems like when we were children in the school yard, and if the game wasn't going our way we would say "That's not fair! Then invent some new rule that would favor you or your team.
It makes me wonder how many of these "hidden rules" exist. I will be spending some quality time studying these and other congressional rules. I don't like the idea that the Constitution can be "skirted" for the gains of a particular party or situation. I thought I would throw this video in in case you for got how a bill is supposed to become a law. I did not see "reconciliation or "Slaughter rule" in there anywhere....
Both are rules that the Congress has set for themselves in order to expedite the approval of legislation. I don't like that either party uses these types of rules. I have to wonder about an organization that can make the rules (or change the rules) for a situation in which they are the only participant. To me it seems like when we were children in the school yard, and if the game wasn't going our way we would say "That's not fair! Then invent some new rule that would favor you or your team.
It makes me wonder how many of these "hidden rules" exist. I will be spending some quality time studying these and other congressional rules. I don't like the idea that the Constitution can be "skirted" for the gains of a particular party or situation. I thought I would throw this video in in case you for got how a bill is supposed to become a law. I did not see "reconciliation or "Slaughter rule" in there anywhere....
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