Reply #11: "The House will not hold hearings!" "The House will not permit any amendments!"

[BzaDem]

Who decided this? THE HOUSE. Not the commission, which has no power. The House has the power and is accountable. The commission is just a bunch of people in a room making a recommendation. It has just as much power as you or I to make a recommendation. Sure, the House might only VOTE on the commission's recommendation, and it might laugh at one you or I make, but it is the HOUSE that has the power to make those decisions, not the commission.

"Well, since the commission proposals will deal entirely with the government budget can't it be voted on using reconciliation?"

No. Budget reconciliation can't be used on anything right now, because no budget was passed.

"You apparently think we should hold back and keep our "powder dry" until after the election."

No, I don't. I never said that. I am attacking all the people who throw up the commission as some sort of boogeyman like Republicans do about "Obama the gun grabber." People SHOULD be active now in lobbying CONGRESS about the issues such as SS benefits. Because it is CONGRESS that has to decide what happens to them.