Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post

ElfBane · 12-18-2009, 02:53 PM

Senator Lemieux, the junior senator from FL, has proposed an amendment to the Constitution. In a nutshell it proposes;

1. A balanced budget clause requiring income to equal or exceed outgo.

2. In order to help implement said budget, the PotUS will get a line-item veto.

Both of these proposals have been desired by some factions of our politicians for years. In fact, I think the PotUS had the line-item veto for a while, but it was ruled Unconstitutional by our SCotUS. A line-item veto amendment, if passed, would be a big increase in Presidential power, some folks think. If an amendment like this ever makes it to the states for ratification it probably has a good chance of being passed, since many state governors already have the line-item veto AND many states are required to have balanced budgets.
Go here for the announcement http://lemieux.senate.gov/public/?p=...e-3b472eca9150

What are the odds of this amendment even making it to the States?

12-18-2009, 02:53 PM	#1
ElfBane Mephistopheles Join Date: March 21, 2004 Location: Cape Canaveral, FL Age: 70 Posts: 1,450	Constitutional amendment Senator Lemieux, the junior senator from FL, has proposed an amendment to the Constitution. In a nutshell it proposes; 1. A balanced budget clause requiring income to equal or exceed outgo. 2. In order to help implement said budget, the PotUS will get a line-item veto. Both of these proposals have been desired by some factions of our politicians for years. In fact, I think the PotUS had the line-item veto for a while, but it was ruled Unconstitutional by our SCotUS. A line-item veto amendment, if passed, would be a big increase in Presidential power, some folks think. If an amendment like this ever makes it to the states for ratification it probably has a good chance of being passed, since many state governors already have the line-item veto AND many states are required to have balanced budgets. Go here for the announcement http://lemieux.senate.gov/public/?p=...e-3b472eca9150 What are the odds of this amendment even making it to the States? __________________ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. Iraq and Afghan fatalities: 6,855 and counting. Silence IS consent.