Posted by
Truman Democrat on Saturday, September 19, 2009 11:50:41 PM
Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:46:45 PM
Yes, Nancy Pelosi is the speaker of the house and I'm stuck with her. She's not in my district. I didn't vote for her and I can't vote her out. I'm stuck with the 3rd most powerful person in the government and I can't do anything about it. The speaker is 3rd in line to the presidency. The first two, the president and vice president are voted for by the people but not the speaker. The speaker of the House of Representatives has an enormous control over my life and other people in the nation. The speaker decides who comittee chairman are and what bills will be presented to the house. The speaker decides what bill will get voted on or not.
If we the people have to vote for the 1st and 2nd persons in line to the presidency then why not the Speaker of the House of Representatives? I believe there should be a constututional ammendment to allow the people to vote for the speaker of the house and the senate majority leader. Every 2 years there are congressional elections on the 2nd Tuesday in November. I propose various members of the house of representatives can run nation wide campaigns for speaker from December 1st to January 1st. The same applies to the senate majority lader. Allow the people to select the speaker and senate majority leader. People such as me would have a say in the speaker selection and it would make for a more democratic process.