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Here's some interesting highlights from Boehner's WSJ opinion piece today.
Steps the next speaker should take immediately:
- No earmarks...have become a symbol of a broken Washington, and an entire lobbying industry has been created around them. He has avoided using them throughout his time in Congress.
-Speaker should not allow any bill to come to a vote that has not been posted on the internet for at least 3 days. Also, the speaker should insist every bill includes a clause where in the Constitution Congress is given the power to pass it.
-Next speaker should put an end to "comprehensive" bills with thousands of pages of legislative text that make it easy to hide spending projects and job-killing policies.
-No more bills written behind closed doors in the speaker's office. Bills should be written by legislators in committee in plain public view.
-Speaker should place an emphasis on smaller, more focused legislation that is properly scrutinized, constitutionally sound, and consistent with Americans' demand for a less costly, less intrusive government.
Interesting stuff IMO. Wonder what the current speaker thinks of it?
Here's the article John Boehner: What the Next Speaker Must Do - WSJ.com
Steps the next speaker should take immediately:
- No earmarks...have become a symbol of a broken Washington, and an entire lobbying industry has been created around them. He has avoided using them throughout his time in Congress.
-Speaker should not allow any bill to come to a vote that has not been posted on the internet for at least 3 days. Also, the speaker should insist every bill includes a clause where in the Constitution Congress is given the power to pass it.
-Next speaker should put an end to "comprehensive" bills with thousands of pages of legislative text that make it easy to hide spending projects and job-killing policies.
-No more bills written behind closed doors in the speaker's office. Bills should be written by legislators in committee in plain public view.
-Speaker should place an emphasis on smaller, more focused legislation that is properly scrutinized, constitutionally sound, and consistent with Americans' demand for a less costly, less intrusive government.
Interesting stuff IMO. Wonder what the current speaker thinks of it?
Here's the article John Boehner: What the Next Speaker Must Do - WSJ.com