Politics ● Government ● Legislative Branch ● Series: New & Improved

How can we force Congresspeople to do their jobs?

Crazy Idea: Actually Voting! (Part 2 of 2)

Key Points

• Legislation must be clean and single clause in order to avoid pork and allow each element to be reviewed and approved on its own.
• All Congresspeople must vote and cannot avoid their duty to do so. Each bill would require 61% of the vote in order to move along the process.
• Attempting to circumvent the legislative process as laid out by the Constitution should be considered treason.

Engraving by Savage, Edward, 1761–1817, engraver; Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788, artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Is there a way to save America and ensure justice and freedom for all? There is… if you are willing to rethink and rebuild the entire Constitution!

This article is an excerpt from the book NEW & IMPROVED: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Learn more at https://www.jpprag.com

Last time, we began the process of creating Article 1, Section 11 of the Constitution in order to force voting to happen within Congress.