{"id":102,"date":"2010-11-03T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2010\/11\/republicans-retake-the-house-is-this-the-change-weve-been-waiting-for.html"},"modified":"2010-11-03T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T18:25:01","slug":"republicans-retake-the-house-is-this-the-change-weve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2010\/11\/republicans-retake-the-house-is-this-the-change-weve-been-waiting-for.html","title":{"rendered":"Republicans retake the House. Is this the change we&#8217;ve been waiting for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Republicans have taken over the House and nearly retaken the Senate. Are things really about to fundamentally change in Washington? How can the new Congress prove that it means business?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s been making the rounds via e-mail. The idea is that everyone pass it along to 20 people and form a movement to pass the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><font><font><font><b><font size=\"6\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 24pt\">Congressional<br \/>\nReform Act of 2010<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><font><font><font><b><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 13.5pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font><font><font><b><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 13.5pt\">1. Term<br \/>\nLimits.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font><font><font><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt\">12 years only, one of the possible options<br \/>\nbelow..<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font><font><font><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt\">A. Two Six-year Senate terms<br \/>B. Six Two-year House<br \/>\nterms<br \/>C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House<br \/>\nterms<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">2. &nbsp;No Tenure \/ No<br \/>\nPension.<br \/><\/span><\/b>A Congressman collects a salary while in office and<br \/>\nreceives no&nbsp;pay when they are out of office.<\/p>\n<p>3. &nbsp;<b><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Congress (past, present &amp; future) participates in<br \/>\nSocial&nbsp;Security<\/span><\/b>.<br \/>All funds in the Congressional retirement fund<br \/>\nmove to the Social Security system immediately. &nbsp;All future funds flow into the<br \/>\nSocial Security system, and Congress participates with the<br \/>\nAmerican&nbsp;people.<\/p>\n<p>4. <b><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Congress can<br \/>\npurchase their own retirement plan, just as all&nbsp;Americans do.<\/p>\n<p>5. Congress<br \/>\nwill no longer vote themselves a pay raise.&nbsp;Congressional&nbsp;pay will rise by the<br \/>\nlower of CPI or 3%.<br \/><\/span><\/b><br \/><b><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">6.<br \/>\nCongress loses their current health care system and&nbsp;participates in&nbsp;the same<br \/>\nhealth care system as the American people.<\/p>\n<p>7.<\/span><\/b> <b><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on<br \/>\nthe&nbsp;American&nbsp;people.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font><font><font><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt\"><\/span><\/font>&nbsp;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font><font><font><b><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 13.5pt\">8. All contracts with past and<br \/>\npresent Congressmen are void&nbsp;effective 1\/1\/11.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/b><font size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt\">The American people did not make this<br \/>\ncontract with Congressmen. &nbsp;Congressmen made all these contracts for<br \/>\nthemselves.<\/p>\n<p>Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. &nbsp;The<br \/>\nFounding&nbsp;Fathers&nbsp;envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go<br \/>\nhome&nbsp;and&nbsp;back to work.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font><font><font><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt\"><br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you agree with the above, pass it on.<br \/>\n&nbsp; If not, just delete<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>What do you think? Will&nbsp; the new Congress, even the Tea Partiers, actually pass something like this?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I&#8217;ve been thinking about some of the reforms things that I&#8217;d like to see new Congress and President Obama get together on. I&#8217;ll share them with you tomorrow.&nbsp; <br \/><font><font><font><font size=\"4\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font><font><font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><\/span><\/font> <br \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republicans have taken over the House and nearly retaken the Senate. Are things really about to fundamentally change in Washington? How can the new Congress prove that it means business? Here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s been making the rounds via e-mail. The idea is that everyone pass it along to 20 people and form a movement&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-internet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Republicans retake the House. 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