One of the first orders of business from the Democratic House will be a bill that mandates that all Presidential nominees publish ten years of their tax returns.
This would put all candidates on a level and transparent playing field. As long as it applies universally, I think it is a great idea. To quote President Trump after his televised wall/shutdown showdown with Pelosi and Schumer, “We’re all about transparency.” I stand with the President on that one.
I believe Mitch McConnell will refuse to put it to a vote in the Senate so as to save Trump from having to exercise a veto. However, the Democratic strategy is clear. They are going to float ideas for improving governance with the promise to enact them after the 2020 election.
If the Democrats are proposing transparency, what is the Republican position? Secrecy. Does that seem like a winner to anyone?
I see an issue. The Constitution mandates the requirements for being President. Tax returns aren’t mentioned.
Congress does not have the power to control the executive branch by restricting who can be President, other than by the amendment process.
For the last six years, the Democrats have not only not been able to offer bills, they largely have been unable to offer amendments in most cases. So that’s hardly a valid complaint.
There are a series of promised bills besides the one discussed here.
I particularly like the bills to limit lobbying, reverse portions of Citizens United and re-institute the Voting Right Act. All positive social actions. Opposition to lobbying should be bi-partisan, opposition to racial discrimination should be bi-partisan and as to limiting dark money in elections – on people bent on bribery should oppose that.
TDS is nonsense… a revival of the Stalinist strategy of treating opposition to Communism as a mental illness. Laws that apply to everyone apply to everyone. That’s a game for dictatorships not for a Republic.
She outlined an ambitious agenda for the next two years, saying the House will address income disparity and be “a champion of the middle class,” protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, as well as people with pre-existing medical conditions and face what she called “the existential threat of our time, the climate crisis.”
She also pledged the House will act on guns by passing “bipartisan background check legislation,” will pass the Equality Act to end discrimination against LGBTQ Americans, and will protect those she called “our patriotic, courageous DREAMers,” young immigrants who arrived in the U.S. illegally as children.
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Nope. The Constitution defines the requirements for being President. I don’t see legislation adding additional requirements to those of the Constitution.