Super Congress? Congress May Attempt To Create New Legislative Body, As Rumors Of “Super Congress” Begin
The Intel Hub
By Alex Thomas
July 23, 2011
With a startling headline that should send shock waves throughout America, The Huffington Post is reporting that two influential Senators have put forth a plan that would essentially create a new legislative body, a new super congress.
“This “Super Congress,” composed of members of both chambers and both parties, isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but would be granted extraordinary new powers,” wrote Ryan Grim.
The plan, reportedly put forth by Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Harry Reid, would create a new government body with six members from each party and would be used to pass unpopular debt ceiling legislation.
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This plan would essentially create a national high council of liberal and conservative elites who could completely circumvent Congress!
Legislation approved by the Super Congress — which some on Capitol Hill are calling the “super committee” — would then be fast-tracked through both chambers, where it couldn’t be amended by simple, regular lawmakers, who’d have the ability only to cast an up or down vote.
With the weight of both leaderships behind it, a product originated by the Super Congress would have a strong chance of moving through the little Congress and quickly becoming law. A Super Congress would be less accountable than the system that exists today, and would find it easier to strip the public of popular benefits.
Negotiators are currently considering cutting the mortgage deduction and tax credits for retirement savings, for instance, extremely popular policies that would be difficult to slice up using the traditional legislative process.
What would stop Congress from using this new governing body to pass other even more unpopular laws and regulations?
As of the writing of this article(11:35pm PST) no other mainstream news is directly reporting this 100% illegal plan.
With that being said, as an independent journalist I honestly do not believe that The Huffington Post would stoop so low as to make something this serious up.
One possible connection is the recent talk about a super committee to tackle the debt ceiling issue.
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In the July 22 edition of The Washington Post it was reported that Rep. Boehner was pushing a new super committee similar to the one proposed by Harry Reid.
Top Republican aides said Boehner envisions a short-term extension of the debt limit that would include spending cuts that meet or exceed the debt limit increase. That would be paired with a strategy for finding additional savings. Options include a new super committee of the sort proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).
On July 18, an editorial in The Washington Post mentioned a plan for a new super committee that would have full authority on all issues related to the debt ceiling crisis.
One twist to the McConnell plan involves creating a new congressional super-committee — yes, another commission — tasked with producing additional debt reduction measures by the end of the year. Unlike, say, the Simpson-Bowles commission, the committee would not have to achieve a supermajority vote, and its proposals would be subject to an up-or-down majority vote in both houses of Congress.
It is essential that this committee have jurisdiction to consider all elements of the budget: discretionary spending, entitlements and tax revenue must all be on the table, as they were for Simpson-Bowles. If so, then, yes, one more commission with the ability to force Congress to confront reality would be better than none. But we see little reason for optimism that this commission would succeed where others have failed.
If lawmakers cannot now agree on the kind of balanced debt-reduction package that every previous commission has recognized is necessary, why would such agreement be within reach several months from now? If there is no prospect of the Republican allergy to new taxes easing, or of many Democrats becoming more open to the kind of entitlement reform President Obama has called necessary, it’s not clear how any balanced proposal is going to make it through Congress.
Where or not this new Super Congress is connected to the super committee mentioned in the above Washington Post editorial remains to be seen.
Some have been quick to claim this is a harmless committee but in doing so they have provided absolutely no evidence for their claims. Congress has proven countless times that they CANNOT be trusted yet we are expected to trust them when they are openly giving themselves more, dictatorial power?
If this plan is actually in the works it may be a direct psy-op to incite the American people into open revolution.(Which would have disastrous implications)
It is important that we gather all the facts regarding this situation in order to find out if it is actually happening and if it is, who is and isn’t supporting the creation of a completely new, unconstitutional legislative body.
How do you stop a run-away train?
There wont be any revolution, unless they themselves fund and run like they’re doing in the middle east Arab Color Revolutions. If people had shown some resistance YEARS ago, we’d never have gotten to this point. Americans are unincitable, worries- unless they unplug our TVs.
“If this plan is actually in the works it may be a direct psy-op to incite the American people into open revolution.(Which would have disastrous implications)”
The implications have been even more disastrous that we havent revolted.
Ghie I disagree. Without millions of Americans revolt will do NOTHING but help the NWO achieve their goals faster. They will use sound cannons, unmanned drones, tanks, and all sorts of weapons on the American people. If we do not have millions in the streets any sort of revolution will fail miserably and possibly push us it a civil war(which the elite want!!)
America… I’ve read the Constitution. It says very little about the United States lasting forever.
While Congress is so eager to cut Social Security and Medicare why not take a look at what they themselves pull in.
Has the public been educated what THEY receive in retirements? (not to mention all they receive in under the table grafts)
What about the medical bennies they receive? For the rest of their lives they receive the best of health care and who pays for this? The public. Why is it all right for THEM to get all the best of life and the ones who do the work be treated as ‘un-necessary worthless eaters’?
I say eliminate their retirement bennies AND their medical freebies. Make them live like the rest of us. And, those who don’t support this should get out of the political system and start earning a living. Mini wage should be a good incentive.
Email your Congressperson at http://house.gov both of your Senators at http://senate.gov and the President at http://www.whitehouse.gov and let them know that we the people do not want a ‘Super Congress’, we want elected representatives at all levels to simply do their damned jobs! We need to stop being sheep and just complaining about what the government is doing and start contacting our elected representatives to tell them what to do. They work for us, not the other way around.
And this will do any good? Dream on. The congress has worked only for the super elite (and israel) during my 65 years, so you must be a real old warhorse, to remember it being different. No offense intended.
Yea, Super Congress = a very simple way of bypassing/ignoring the U.S Constitutional Laws and Rights of the individual. Also would more than likely eliminate or water down any Tea party Candidates views/ideas on any issue. It’s one way to dump/ignore the Tea Party. Dictatorship the un-constitutional way. Yea, wonder if this possible Super Congress would eventually include politicians from Canada and Mexico? Just a passing thought.
This has nothing to do with the ‘debt ceiling’.
No accountability. 6 reps., 6 dems., making the tough decisions for the good of the country.
This is not illegal or unconstitutional. The Constitution explicitly says that Congress can set its own rules. Since this super committee could present a bill to both houses for an up or down vote with no filibuster (Senate rule) or amendments (rule in both houses) Congress is only setting its own rules.