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« on: January 06, 2013, 02:50:21 PM »

We absolutely have to reduce the almost unitary power that the House of Representatives has. They think it's their birthright to control everything, and they need to be slapped down.
"Boo hoo. The rival party which is filled with assholes takes over so now I want to change the Constitution so my party can benefit." I admit the GOP majority in the House has not been very constructive, but your thoughts on this issue are just the out of hackishness.

I think there should be an amendment so the presidential election can't be thrown into the House. If no candidate gets a majority in the Electoral College, then whoever wins the popular vote should be the winner. It makes sense. If the House is the people's house, then we should just skip their partisanship and let the people's choice prevail.
Why not scrap the electoral college in general then?
I understand why budgeting bills are supposed to originate in the House, but the House has proven they're too irresponsible to have this power. So I think this should be changed also.
Once again, you’re only saying this due to this one Congress of assholes. It's been fine for the last 200 years.
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