Sharon McMahon
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I don't like.
Two years. It's meant to be more immediately responsive, thinking people have short memories. And if you screwed up last year, I'm going to remember it this year. Yeah. I'm going to vote you out. That's the thinking behind it.
Two years. It's meant to be more immediately responsive, thinking people have short memories. And if you screwed up last year, I'm going to remember it this year. Yeah. I'm going to vote you out. That's the thinking behind it.
Two years. It's meant to be more immediately responsive, thinking people have short memories. And if you screwed up last year, I'm going to remember it this year. Yeah. I'm going to vote you out. That's the thinking behind it.
Yep. It has to pass both.
Yep. It has to pass both.
Yep. It has to pass both.
Yep. You know, I won't go into the whole, like, how do committees work, the whole structure of how every aspect of Congress works. But the bottom line is, yes, both the Senate and the House of Representatives has to pass identical versions of the same law to land on the president's desk for him or her.
Yep. You know, I won't go into the whole, like, how do committees work, the whole structure of how every aspect of Congress works. But the bottom line is, yes, both the Senate and the House of Representatives has to pass identical versions of the same law to land on the president's desk for him or her.
Yep. You know, I won't go into the whole, like, how do committees work, the whole structure of how every aspect of Congress works. But the bottom line is, yes, both the Senate and the House of Representatives has to pass identical versions of the same law to land on the president's desk for him or her.
Yes. But then it also has to be ratified by three-quarters of the states. Oh, my God.
Yes. But then it also has to be ratified by three-quarters of the states. Oh, my God.
Yes. But then it also has to be ratified by three-quarters of the states. Oh, my God.
The Constitution has been amended 27 times.
The Constitution has been amended 27 times.
The Constitution has been amended 27 times.
In the 90s. Oh, what was the last amendment? The last amendment, it had to do with the way, like if Congress is going to adjust its own pay, it said that the change in pay would not go into effect until after the next election.
In the 90s. Oh, what was the last amendment? The last amendment, it had to do with the way, like if Congress is going to adjust its own pay, it said that the change in pay would not go into effect until after the next election.
In the 90s. Oh, what was the last amendment? The last amendment, it had to do with the way, like if Congress is going to adjust its own pay, it said that the change in pay would not go into effect until after the next election.
Right, so they can't be like, everyone gets $20 million and then they get a check tomorrow. They have to wait till after the next election. So it has not been amended since the 90s, but we have amended it 27 times. And the framers of the Constitution wrote two different ways to amend the Constitution into the document itself. This is not holy scripture. This is not forever and ever. Amen.