Congress_Docket_3_2013-14

#1 A Resolution to Aid the Syrian Rebels

 * 1 || **WHEREAS,** Syria is currently in a state of civil war in which there have been over 115,000 ||
 * 2 || deaths overall so far; and ||
 * 3 || **WHEREAS,** it is causing significant trouble within the Middle East causing great unrest; and ||
 * 4 || **WHEREAS,** two million people have fled the country, 75% of refugees being women and ||
 * 5 || children and another 4 million plus are displaced within Syria; and ||
 * 6 || **WHEREAS,** intervention of the United States will help Syrian rebels win the civil war and ||
 * 7 || remove a brutal dictatorship, move closer to attaining a democracy as well as ||
 * 8 || investigate and stop the possible development of chemical weapons; and ||
 * 9 || **WHEREAS,** the problems currently arising in Syria are opening doors for radical groups to ||
 * 10 || attain power both in Syria and throughout the region; now, therefore, be it ||
 * 11 || **RESOLVED** That the United States should intervene in Syria and send sufficient resources ||
 * 12 || to the rebels to end the fighting and turmoil in order to protect the lives of Syrian ||
 * 13 || civilians; that such resources may include monetary support, humanitarian aid, ||
 * 14 || transport and direct military intervention and, be it ||
 * 15 || **Further Resolved** that as soon as a stable and trustworthy government is returned to ||
 * 16 || Syria, whether a democracy or not, the U.S. aid would steadily decrease until it ||
 * 17 || becomes nonexistent. ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator Bashar Musgo

and Impose Congressional Term Limits

 * 1 || **BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HER ASSEMBLED THAT:** ||
 * 2 || **RESOLVED** By two-thirds of the Congress here assembled, that the following ||
 * 3 || article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be ||
 * 4 || valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of ||
 * 5 || three- fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission by ||
 * 6 || the Congress: ||
 * 7 ||  ||
 * 8 ||

ARTICLE --

 * 9 || SECTION 1: United States Senate terms shall be extended to eight years. ||
 * 10 || United States Senators shall be restricted to serving two terms ||
 * 11 || United States House of Representative terms shall be extended to four ||
 * 12 || years. ||
 * 13 || United States Representatives shall be restricted to serving four terms. ||
 * 14 || SECTION 2: The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate ||
 * 15 || legislation. ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator Keepum Movin

#3 A Resolution to Re-implement the Clinton-Era Tax Rates

 * 1 || **WHEREAS,** The economy is in a state of duress, with recovery stunted by the limited ||
 * 2 || spending capacity of the Federal Government; and ||
 * 3 || **WHEREAS,** The present low level of revenue prevents full employment, the expansion of ||
 * 4 || business, and our long-term fiscal security through the expansion of stimulus ||
 * 5 || programs; and ||
 * 6 || **WHEREAS,** The present tax rates are still among the lowest in the developed world, and are ||
 * 7 || not commensurate with the level of benefits the citizenry receives from the ||
 * 8 || Federal Government; and ||
 * 9 || **WHEREAS,** Important spending in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is threatened by ||
 * 10 || our present low tax rates; now, therefore, be it ||
 * 11 || **RESOLVED,** That the Congress here assembled re-implement all Clinton-Era income tax ||
 * 12 || rates; and, be it ||
 * 13 || **FURTHER RESOLVED,** That capital gains income be treated the same as earned income ||
 * 14 || for taxation purposes. ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator Hillary Rodham

#4 A Resolution to Limit Campaign Time

 * 1 || **WHEREAS,** Public officials are currently allowed to campaign at any time, even if they are ||
 * 2 || still serving an elected office; and ||
 * 3 || **WHEREAS,** Federal public officials in the past have all but abandoned their elected duties ||
 * 4 || in order to campaign for office; ||
 * 5 || and ||
 * 6 || **WHEREAS,** under the current system, legislative and executive policy making comes to a ||
 * 7 || virtual standstill more than six months prior to an election as parties ||
 * 8 || focus entirely only think about the impending election; and ||
 * 9 || **WHEREAS,** The people of the United States elect federal public officials to dedicate ||
 * 10 || themselves to their full term, not just that time prior to the election season; and ||
 * 11 || **WHEREAS,** Politicians should be encouraged to focus more on passing appropriate ||
 * 12 || legislation rather than winning an upcoming election; now, therefore, be it ||
 * 13 || **RESOLVED,** By the congress here assembled, that any person seeking election to ||
 * 14 || federal public office shall only be allowed to actively campaign within two ||
 * 15 || months of the official election date; and, be it ||
 * 16 || **FURTHER RESOLVED,** That any politician found in violation of this piece of legislation ||
 * 17 || be barred from winning election to that federal public office the year of violation. ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator B. Moore Quick

#5 A Resolution to End the United States Embargo of Cuba

 * 1 || **WHEREAS,** The current United States policy in Cuba is flawed and ineffective; and ||
 * 2 || **WHEREAS,** The United States is out of step with the rest of the world in regards to relations ||
 * 3 || with Cuba; and ||
 * 4 || **WHEREAS,** The Cuban Embargo has done nothing to undermine the Cuban government; and ||
 * 5 || **WHEREAS,** Only the Cuban people, not the Cuban government suffer due to the embargo; ||
 * 6 || and ||
 * 7 || **WHEREAS,** The United States has diplomatic relations and trade relations with other non ||
 * 8 || democratic countries; and ||
 * 9 || **WHEREAS,** The United States has good relations with other countries that have known ||
 * 10 || human rights violations; and ||
 * 11 || **WHEREAS,** The United Nations and much of the world have condemned the embargo; and ||
 * 12 || **WHEREAS,** The United States would benefit from the trade it would get from Cuba; ||
 * 13 || therefore, be it ||
 * 14 || **RESOLVED,** That the Congress here assembled repeal the Helms‐Burton Act of 1996 and ||
 * 15 || end the United States embargo on Cuba. ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator Fidel Castrolives

#6 A RESOLUTION TO RESTRICT ELECTRONIC PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY

 * 1 || **WHEREAS** Electronic public surveillance is an inescapable aspect of everyday life with ||
 * 2 || cameras hanging from the sides of buildings, on traffic lights, at ATM machines, in ||
 * 3 || homes, stores, and parking lots, and; ||
 * 4 || **WHEREAS** The constitutionality of such public surveillance has often been questioned under ||
 * 5 || the Fourth Amendment because it can be used to track people, invade privacy and ||
 * 6 || constitutes a form of illegal search and; ||
 * 7 || **WHEREAS** The probability of public surveillance abuse becomes more likely as ||
 * 8 || advancements in technology are made, and; ||
 * 9 || **WHEREAS** The annual funding that goes into public surveillance does not prove effective ||
 * 10 || because crimes rates have not been significantly lowered due to public surveillance ||
 * 11 || technology ||
 * 12 || **THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED** that the ||
 * 13 || federal government significantly reduce funding for public electronic surveillance ||
 * 14 || systems and limit the use of such public systems. ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator Nomo Imidge

#7 A RESOLUTION TO REFORM CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

 * 1 || **WHEREAS** Numerous states continue to grapple with shortages of drugs used for lethal ||
 * 2 || injection in carrying out capital punishment and ||
 * 3 || **WHEREAS** The guillotine is quick and less painful than lethal injection, according to ||
 * 4 || numerous scientific reports and; ||
 * 5 || **WHEREAS** The doctor who created the three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections, noted ||
 * 6 || in a 2007 interview that the current system of lethal injection should be re- ||
 * 7 || examined, and recommended the guillotine as the simplest and most civilized ||
 * 8 || alternative. ||
 * 9 || **WHEREAS** The use of the guillotine may serve as a psychological deterrent to violent crime ||
 * 10 || as opposed to the current method of “putting the criminal to sleep” ||
 * 11 || **WHEREAS** the use of the guillotine would be vastly less expensive than the current methods ||
 * 12 || of lethal injection and would not require the services of a doctor to administer ||
 * 13 || **THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED** that the ||
 * 14 || federal government shall recommend that all of the several states amend their ||
 * 15 || protocol for capital punishment to include the use of the guillotine for the conduct ||
 * 16 || of capital punishment ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator Maximilien Robespierre

#8 A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A HEAD OF STATE FOR THE U.S.

 * 1 || **WHEREAS** the position of President of the United States has evolved beyond the limited ||
 * 2 || role of Chief executive envisioned by the Founders. ||
 * 3 || **WHEREAS** the President is required to perform too many duties in his various roles as Chief ||
 * 4 || Executive, Commander in Chief and Head of State and ||
 * 5 || **WHEREAS** Numerous other countries have both a Chief Executive to run the government ||
 * 6 || and a Head of State to conduct ceremonial duties and represent the people of the ||
 * 7 || nation. ||
 * 8 || **WHEREAS** the polarization in politics creates a system in which any President is viewed as ||
 * 9 || unrepresentative of the nation by nearly 50% of the population. ||
 * 10 || **WHEREAS** the nation needs a nationally unifying figurehead who can transcend politics and ||
 * 11 || represent all Americans in ceremonial duties, both domestic and foreign ||
 * 12 || **THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED** that a ||
 * 13 || new position, to be titled "First Citizen," shall be created and that this position ||
 * 14 || would take on all non-constitutionally mandated activities, such as meeting other ||
 * 15 || heads of state for social purposes (such as state dinners, attending state funerals, ||
 * 16 || Olympics, etc.), speaking at national tragedies and national celebrations, and the ||
 * 17 || like. ||
 * 18 || **BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,** that the First Citizen would have no executive authority of ||
 * 19 || any kind and be an elected position, having the same requirements as that of ||
 * 20 || President and that the term of office of First Citizen shall last no more than 12 ||
 * 21 || years. ||

Respectfully Submitted Senator Queen Latifah