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Democrats Bring Bill Forward Legislation That Will Curb Presidential Abuse Of Power

Razoo said:
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Dems Target Trump's Abuses Of Power With Sweeping Reform Bill

House Democrats on Wednesday proposed legislation that would, among other things, limit presidential pardoning power and better protect whistleblowers.
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The legislation, a wide-ranging package of new and revised bills, will be announced Wednesday morning by the heads of seven House committees. It would, among other measures, limit the president’s pardon power, strengthen laws to ban presidents from receiving gifts or payments from foreign governments, better protect independent agency watchdogs and whistleblowers from firing or retribution and require better reporting by campaigns of foreign election interference.
Each of the bill’s provisions is a response to actions by Trump or his administration that Democrats saw as abuses of presidential power. It builds on an elections and ethics reform package from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the House passed soon after Democrats assumed the majority in 2019.

“Since taking office, President Trump has placed his own personal and political interests above the national interest by protecting and enriching himself, targeting his political opponents, seeking foreign interference in our elections, eroding transparency, seeking to end accountability, and otherwise abusing the power of his office,” the committee chairmen and chairwomen said in a joint statement.
 
Congress can't limit a president's pardoning power. That would take a constitutional amendment.
 
Bring on the constitutional amendment.....absolutely. It's overdue by about 40 years. No elected official should be able to pardon anyone.
 
Razoo said:
The legislation, a wide-ranging package of new and revised bills, will be announced Wednesday morning by the heads of seven House committees. It would, among other measures, limit the president’s pardon power, strengthen laws to ban presidents from receiving gifts or payments from foreign governments, better protect independent agency watchdogs and whistleblowers from firing or retribution and require better reporting by campaigns of foreign election interference.
Each of the bill’s provisions is a response to actions by Trump or his administration that Democrats saw as abuses of presidential power. It builds on an elections and ethics reform package from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the House passed soon after Democrats assumed the majority in 2019.

“Since taking office, President Trump has placed his own personal and political interests above the national interest by protecting and enriching himself, targeting his political opponents, seeking foreign interference in our elections, eroding transparency, seeking to end accountability, and otherwise abusing the power of his office,” the committee chairmen and chairwomen said in a joint statement.
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But hey...at this point, all the Dems have is political posturing. Let them do it. (I just wish they wouldn't waste taxpayer money while they are at it.)
 
Razoo said:
Bring on the constitutional amendment.....absolutely. It's overdue by about 40 years. No elected official should be able to pardon anyone.
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It all should be done in the courts, because pardoning seems to reek of corruption when it is done. If new evidence comes to light possibly proving someone's innocence, there's a new trial. Giving one person that power can't be assumed that it will be used with honor. If honor ever was present in the running of government, it certainly has been long dead.
 
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