Speaker of the House for 113th Congress

rugcat · Jan 4, 2013

Monkey said:
You are hampering the job of government because you don't think it should be doing the job it's doing.

This is the very essence of the conservative (and Libertarian) concept of how they should "govern."

RichardGarfinkle · Jan 4, 2013

Gregg said:
Besides the 16th amendment which gave Congress the power to tax incomes, which amendments greatly expanded the role of the Federal Government?

The 14th is generally considered the amendment that most expanded federal power at the expense of state power.
http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am14.html

This section

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

combined with

The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Federalizes the power to protect individual rights. It also allows the federal government to, in effect, define and oversee any and all actions which a State might do that could be considered depriving someone of life, liberty, or property.

clintl · Jan 4, 2013

Gregg said:
Besides the 16th amendment which gave Congress the power to tax incomes, which amendments greatly expanded the role of the Federal Government?

The 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, and 24th.

Especially the 14th.

Speaker of the House for 113th Congress

Who will be the next Speaker of the House?

Boehner

Cantor

Pelosi

Another Republican (comment below)

Another Democrat (comment below)

Bloom

rugcat

Lost in the Fog

RichardGarfinkle

Nurture Phoenixes

clintl

Represent.