By Conservativind
There is a bill in Congress called “S.223 — FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act” which has been placed on the Senate calendar. As you can see from the title, this bill is regarding the FAA and aviation. The problem with this legislation is that there have been an insane amount of amendments attached to it from both Democrats and Republicans that have absolutely nothing to do with aviation or the FAA. Thanks to THOMAS, the online source of all federal legislation, you can see the various ‘subjects‘ that pertains to each bill. As you can see in the snapshot below, many of the subjects have absolutely nothing to do with the prime goal of the pending legislation:
What, you ask, does Social work have to do with the FAA or aviation? The answer is absolutely nothing. Most of the ’subjects’ that have been attached to this legislation are amendments from both Democrats and Republicans. Apparently Nancy Pelosi wasn’t kidding when she said ‘we have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it.’ At a time when Congress should be simplifying, streamlining and becoming more transparent, they are still playing the same political games that have gone on for years. Rather than just leaving the legislation intact and only allowing amendments that actually apply to the topic, they are convoluting the bill with ‘the kitchen sink’.
Since it’s pretty clear that the majority of our elected representatives don’t seem to actually read the bills, allowing every Tom, Dick & Sally to add anything and everything as an amendment is extremely irresponsible. Americans are demanding transparency, accountability and fiscal responsibility. Not only are adding unrelated amendments a waste of time, they distract from the original purpose of the legislation being brought forward. It’s time that our Legislators start responsibly legislating and stop with the political circus. The problem with legislation is the Legislators.
Cross-posted at www.anystreet.org and www.monderconservative.com