Bypassing the Constitution – Senate Bill 679
Let’s assume good intentions, but mind you, this is a big leap. We have a problem with with a slow and cumbersome government, in particular with the process of filling appointments and getting them through the Senate’s “Advise and Consent” process. The solution is not to abandon the check and balances put in place by the framers in the Constitution in Article II, Section 2 under the “Appointments Clauseâ€:
… shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. (emphasis added)
The solution is to make government smaller and reduce the amount of useless things that take up all of the Senate’s time. In the process, it’s quite likely we could reduce the number of officers needed in the first place! Senate Bill 679 would give the President the power to appoint whom he chooses for a whole lot more unelected fiefdoms … without the oversight of the Senate.
Noisy Room has written an excellent article about this horrible piece of legislation making its way through the Senate.  The article is based on some information from the Heritage Foundation. Please read it. God help us.
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It has to be bad legislation–it was sponsored by Chuckie Schumer.
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Martin Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 6:21 am
Yup. The rate at which Congress is abdicating power is astounding. You’d think a Senator wouldn’t be so eager to cede authority.
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That’s all we need, a President who can hire whomever he chooses, with no one to put on the brakes.
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Martin Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 6:20 am
It’s unbelievable. It seems as though the republic is under attack from every conceivable quarter. The Noisy Room blog compares this with ancient Rome.
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It is their damned job..walking away from their oversite responsibilities in a ballance of powers..what a bunch of lazy autopilot Nation Destroying backstabbing crooks.
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This is their JOB!!! If these senators don’t want the responsibility, then they should quit! Furthermore, we must not abide an even stronger Presidency! These people are gobalist, elitist stooges! End the tyranny and UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION! Long live the Republic!
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Did you read the list of agencies and high levels of government commissions and Departments that now can have political moles and other assistants appointed with no confirmation with even customary back ground checks, by and with the consent of the Senate? Over a third of the House members do not, or they do not care to know. Shame on them. This is deceitful and shreds one more portion of the constitutional balance of power. Someone keep a list of these appointees with no confirmation process and fire them after their appointer is out of the white house on November 6. Those that voted for this SB679 should also be advised loyal American patriots are watching your clock also.
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