If they had, they would know that the only way a law is enacted in this country is that it needs to receive approval from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate before moving on to be signed by the President of the United States.
Somehow however, there are some in the House of Representatives that have forgotten this process and I am embarrassed to admit, that some of those that have forgotten their civics lessons are from New Jersey.
You and I learned that a bill becomes a law only after it passes the House of Representatives and the Senate. Frank LoBiondo, Jon Runyan, Scott Garrett, Chris Smith, and Leonard Lance have invented a new theory of government:
If the House has not received a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating that it has passed a measure providing for the appropriations for the departments and agencies of the Government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the provisions of H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, are hereby enacted into law.
Yes, if the Senate fails to vote for a bill that means it becomes law! Congratulations Tea Party "Constitutionalists," you have hit the jackpot with your Representatives.
Hat tip goes to Hopeful over at Blue Jersey on this one!
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Maybe the legislative lunatics think they also can be "bulls in the china shop" because their republican leader behaves that way.
LOL....there are laws to protect All OF US (all party affiliations)from the nuts in government!!
Tea Party = Republicans who are afraid to come out of the closet. They think they're being clever but we know and elephant when we see one.
Where's the problem? It's no worse than to "deem" a bill was passed when the stark historical fact is that it was not. Remember when that was a Congressional ploy?
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