From: Terry Gregg

Representative Tom Marino of Pennsylvania has sponsored HR 3806, “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA).   Congress routinely passes unpopular and unconstitutional laws. How? They combine them with unrelated bills that are sure to pass.The “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA) would prevent this.

The REAL ID Act is a perfect example of how Congressional leaders pass laws that lack majority support. This bill created a scheme Americans have always opposed, a national ID card. This idea had so little support that it couldn’t even be brought to a vote in the Senate. Yet, Congressional leaders got it passed anyway, by attaching it to a bill Senators were afraid to oppose, the “Emergency, Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief.” (May, 2005).  Senators were scared to reject funding for the troops in Iraq and Tsunami relief, so the REAL ID Act became the law of the land.

OSTA would prevent such outrages by requiring that each bill must be about one subject only. Any legislation passed in violation of this requirement would be considered null-and-void by the courts.

If HR 3806 passes, politicians will no longer be able to hide the true subjects of their bills behind propagandistic titles. such as the “PATRIOT Act,” the “Protect America Act,” or the “No Child Left Behind Act.” No one wants to be accused of voting against patriotism, or protecting America, or of wanting to leave children behind. But none of those titles actually describes the subjects of those bills. OSTA will(1) Make bills shorter and easier to understand(2)Replace propagandistic titles with descriptive names (3)Require that all new laws are favored by a real Congressional majority and(4)Render bills that violate these requirements unenforceable.

OSTA is a great idea, but it remains to be seen if the same Congress that freely uses the ploy of burying bills within bills now will vote to prevent itself from doing so.I would assume that when my Congressperson votes on a piece of legislation, he/she either agrees or is in favor of “everything” contained in that legislation.  If not, then he/she should vote against that legislation.  Now is the time to start correcting the wrongs that have been done to this country, through the years, by irresponsible and evil politicians (political sock puppets for the rich and powerful).  Only the moral and just members of congress will be in favor of and vote to pass this legislation.  If your Congressperson is not among those sponsoring and/or voting for it, then he/she is the wrong person for the job.

I encourage you to contact your congressperson and “demand” that they co-sponsor, strongly support and vote yes on any OSTA legislation.  You can follow the legislation at    https://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php by searching bill number HR 3806.

Please forward this information to everyone you know.