Is it time for the American people to amend the Constitution to say....?

After watching our legislators on the floor of the House, and Senate, I am appalled at the behavior. I have seen the Speaker have to stop the representatives talking to address the rude, obnoxious, and immature behavior of those who are in attendance. I felt as though I was watching a video with the head school teacher, and a room full of kindergarten children.



I propose that some changes be made to the duties of our representatives, such as:



1. All will be in attendance when bills come on the floor to be passed. If not all in attendance, the vote will be postponed till all are present.



2.Should any legislator have to be spoken to more than once to ';sit down';, or ';clear the aisles';, or ';take your conversation outside';, then they will be fined. If it happens more than 3 times during their time in office, they will be automatically FIRED!



3.When someone is speaking, there will be no interruptions, regardless of what the person speaking is saying. Having the time limits on speaking that our legislators do, this can be difficult.



4.If there is opposition, then a time frame must be allowed for those who oppose to speak, also without interruption, even if they have already spoken in regards to the bill.



5.All bills will be read in their entirety, to all in attendance, and not by a speed reader. (Maybe then, the people who have been adding 2-300 pages to the original bills at 3 am in the morning so no one has a chance to read them, would end.)



I feel, very strongly, that many of our legislators are mocking the people of our nation by not having enough respect for us to pay attention to what is being said, and by not allowing, and/or agreeing to as much debate is absolutely necessary to protect the people of our Nation.



How do you feel about the poor, immature, and almost criminal behavior many of our legislators have been exhibiting?



What else would you like to see done, that is/or is not being done now while they decide the laws which will affect each and every one of us in some form or another?



Thank you in advance!



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At first I thought that some of the ideas may not work but you know what, I think if we had these rules it would greatly slow down and simplify our out of control congress. If they all had to be there and read the bills I think we would start seeing 20 page bills instead of unnecessary 1000 page bills packed with hidden agendas. I also agree that our representatives are mocking us. We should vote all of them out. They are a disgrace to our great country.Is it time for the American people to amend the Constitution to say....?
I'd also prefer that they didn't take the entire summer off. Perhaps if they weren't on a school schedule, they wouldn't act like children.
Sounds great,.



How about this:



The Senate, the Congress, and the Executive branch, must prove any proposed legislation to be constitutionally sound before it comes to a vote.
My responses to your points:

1. Politicians are very busy people. It's impossible for them to attend every meeting, especially with the amount of bills that get proposed. Your idea would drag the country to a halt. Also, absentee congressmen are considered a vote in favor of the bill in question. You'd be surprised how rare a full congress is.



2. Firing a congressman is against the law. I'm almost positive that the clause is in the constitution itself. Totally agree with the first point though.



3 %26amp; 4. This will make meetings incredibly long. Combining this with point one would mean that congressmen would practically live in the house and senate.



5. Bills are made to be that long so everyone can agree with them. Also, both houses have to agree on the exact same bill. That means that if one house adds an extra comma, the bill has to go back to the other house and they then have to re-read and pass it again. One extra letter can stall a bill by more than a month.



I don't think you'd want them to argue about whether or not the speed limit on interstate highways should be raised by two mph for several hours. It would waste our tax dollars. Contrary to popular belief, most passed bills are pretty boring and are not a cause for much argument, which is why most congressmen don't show up.



This is the American Government. It was set up to be slow and stable. I'd personally like to see the United States switch over to a multiple plurality system, but that would require a new constitution and will not happen. It's actually very difficult to amend the constitution. Most bills to amend end up falling by the wayside. In our two hundred years, we've only passed twenty seven amendments, including the bill of rights, which really shouldn't count.



Though I understand your frustrations, your ideas aren't very realistic. They aren't because of the very nature of our government. It's ironic that to change the nature of our government to something better is inhibited due to the nature of our government.
Lets just say:

';If a legislator has not read a bill in it檚 entirety they are not entitle to vote yes on it.';



It is better that they do nothing then sign a bank check.

and:

';the 14th, 16th, and 17th amendment are hereby repealed.';

Thus restoring federalism and the check on federal power and the Constitution as a whole. There must be a competing power interest to check the general power interest of the federal government from excesses at inevitably their expenses.