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I dont know. A future congress cannot be bound by the rules of past congress so that is not the answer. The senate can't originate spending bills so it cannot govern the house. Even if one branch of gov could decide for a different branch what the rules governing that branch would be the political parties operate across all branches.

What if certain kinds of policies, like pay raises for congress, were decided by initiatives on ballots and voted on directly by the people? I like the idea of a representative government but clearly congress cannot represent both us and themselves at the same time without a conflict of interest. Since congress is supposed to represent us then let the people represent congress - that could be a new check and balance.

Maybe then congressmen would not average 12% in their investments while the rest of the country is losing money in their 401k's. Can you say: "The rules of insider trading should not exempt congress"?

<blockquote data-quote="Dr.Who" data-source="post: 167972" data-attributes="member: 572">I dont know. A future congress cannot be bound by the rules of past congress so that is not the answer. The senate can&#039;t originate spending bills so it cannot govern the house. Even if one branch of gov could decide for a different branch what the rules governing that branch would be the political parties operate across all branches.What if certain kinds of policies, like pay raises for congress, were decided by initiatives on ballots and voted on directly by the people? I like the idea of a representative government but clearly congress cannot represent both us and themselves at the same time without a conflict of interest. Since congress is supposed to represent us then let the people represent congress - that could be a new check and balance.Maybe then congressmen would not average 12% in their investments while the rest of the country is losing money in their 401k&#039;s. Can you say: &quot;The rules of insider trading should not exempt congress&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr.Who, post: 167972, member: 572"] I dont know. A future congress cannot be bound by the rules of past congress so that is not the answer. The senate can't originate spending bills so it cannot govern the house. Even if one branch of gov could decide for a different branch what the rules governing that branch would be the political parties operate across all branches. What if certain kinds of policies, like pay raises for congress, were decided by initiatives on ballots and voted on directly by the people? I like the idea of a representative government but clearly congress cannot represent both us and themselves at the same time without a conflict of interest. Since congress is supposed to represent us then let the people represent congress - that could be a new check and balance. Maybe then congressmen would not average 12% in their investments while the rest of the country is losing money in their 401k's. Can you say: "The rules of insider trading should not exempt congress"? [/QUOTE]

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