oped: Really John, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there are over 30M conservatives who don't understand you...and truly believe it is past time that you be sent out to pasture! Retire already...you served your country...so now go fishing with Dick Cheney and swap old war stories!
Sen. John McCain (R-Sunday Shows) expressed bewilderment on
CBS’ “Face the Nation” that GOP Sens. Cruz, Lee and Paul would
filibuster gun control legislation. “I don’t understand it,” McCain
said. “The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote
and to let the people know where we stand.” With all due respect to Sen.
McCain, that is almost completely backward.
The purpose of the US Senate is not to be some federal debating society. It is not tasked with taking the great issues of the day and giving its “august” members a platform for their musings on policy. The public does not look to the Senate for guidance in its deliberations on the issues.
The Senate’s first, and only, task is to uphold the Constitution. Originally, the Senate was designed to act as the states’ check on an encroaching federal government. Senators were appointed by state legislatures to be their voice in Washington. The House was designed to be the voice of the people. Sadly, those days are long gone.
Read More: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/07/Mccain-to-cruz-lee-paul-get-off-my-lawn
The purpose of the US Senate is not to be some federal debating society. It is not tasked with taking the great issues of the day and giving its “august” members a platform for their musings on policy. The public does not look to the Senate for guidance in its deliberations on the issues.
The Senate’s first, and only, task is to uphold the Constitution. Originally, the Senate was designed to act as the states’ check on an encroaching federal government. Senators were appointed by state legislatures to be their voice in Washington. The House was designed to be the voice of the people. Sadly, those days are long gone.
Read More: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/07/Mccain-to-cruz-lee-paul-get-off-my-lawn
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