The beauty our government structure is that is has built in 'checks and balances'; actions such as the Slaughter Solution are undermining the purpose of our process and putting our freedoms at risk. I am not an alarmist, but for the first time in my entire adult, voting, life of 34 years, this administration has me sincerely, very concerned.
... If the reconciliation fixes pass, the House can send the Senate bill to President Obama for his signature without ever having had a formal up-or-down vote on the underlying legislation.
Many Democrats could claim they opposed the Senate bill while allowing it to pass. This would be an unprecedented violation of our democratic norms and procedures, established since the inception of the republic. Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution stipulates that for any bill to become a law, it must pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate. That is, not be "deemed" to have passed, but actually be voted on with the support of the required majority. The bill must contain the exact same language in both chambers - and in the version signed by the president - to be a legitimate law. This is why the House and Senate have a conference committee to iron out differences of competing versions. This is Civics 101.
... The lawmaking process can be rigged to ensure the passage of any legislation without democratic accountability ...
Read the entire article from the Washington Times KUHNER: Impeach the president?
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