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  Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free energy/climate strategy

  A recent book, Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy, shows how the U.S. can achieve zero carbon emissions from the el ...more »

   

  A recent book, Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy, shows how the U.S. can achieve zero carbon emissions from the electricity and transportation sectors by 2050, while ending the use of nuclear power. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has introduced a climate bill that goes a long way toward implementing this type of energy future (much, much better than the Lieberman/Warner failure). Will you support the Markey bill, and will you push it in the next Congress?

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  Submitted by nirsnet 2 years ago

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  Subpeona Enforcement

  Should the Congress arrest Failure To Appear violators to enforce its self-provided subpoena power? If not, why isn't Congress's subpoena p ...more »

   

  Should the Congress arrest Failure To Appear violators to enforce its self-provided subpoena power?

  If not, why isn't Congress's subpoena power a farce?

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  Submitted by Anonymous 2 years ago

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  Restoring the Constitution and the Balance of Power

  The single most important task of Congress is to protect and defend the Constitution. A strong Constitution protects the Nation, and thus We ...more »

   

  The single most important task of Congress is to protect and defend the Constitution. A strong Constitution protects the Nation, and thus We The People and as such, is paramount for our national security. Congress is the voice, the will, the protector, and the conscious of We The People. Given the Congress' acquiescence to all measure of executive overreaching for the past 7-1/2 years, what will the Congress finally do to restore the balance of power by reigning in a near-unitary executive, by holding them to account for any crimes committed against the Constitution and against We The People, and by using punitive measures to prevent such crimes from ever happening again? Given the past 7-1/2 years, what assurances can you give us that crimes against the Constitution and the American people will not be swept under the rug to be repeated by a future administration, dangerously emboldened by history's precedent of getting away with it?

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  Submitted by abra2345 2 years ago

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  Selective Enforcment of Laws by the President

  American government has traditionally struggled with the balance of power between Executive and Legislative branches, as the constitution al ...more »

   

  American government has traditionally struggled with the balance of power between Executive and Legislative branches, as the constitution allows for only two real checks on unrestrained Executive power: legislative authority on spending and impeachment. Neither of these is particularly effective in restraining "nullification by administration"--selective presidential nullification of legislation by refusal to enforce specific provisions. What legislative strategies can Congress use to ensure faithful execution of laws in the context of an uncompliant president?

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  Submitted by brandon.tavshanjian 2 years ago

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