Call me nuts, but I think Obama should sign an Executive Order that should order the U.S. Treasury

[Panasonic]

_NOT_ to pay the majority of the House its usual salary, but at a minimum hourly wage just for the Republicans. They won't bother with anything except obstruct the Congress from doing business. And since the House Republicans wants to keep a short Congress, then let's pay them an hourly wage, federal minimum at $7.75 an hour. And tie their health care with the wages earned.

That should move some Republicans quickly to the Democratic side and retake the House and put the blame on Boehner.

Once the House is retaken, EO is reversed until 2014, pitting on the Republicans to cease to exist unless they learn the value of the dollar better.

[frazzled]

1. I don't think the president is constitutionally in charge of Congressional salaries

They vote their own salaries. The president can't be boss of the Congress.

[Flashmann]

2. pay them an hourly wage,

I doubt many of them would notice....Congressional salaries must be just so much chump change compared to the bribery.......

[cali]

3. that would, ironically, be an impeachable offense.

It would directly contravene the U.S. Constitution.

[davidn3600]

4. Don't think he has that power

The President cannot directly control anything that has to do with nation's spending. The Constitution is quite specific that the House of Representatives is the one that controls the purse. It's part of the separation of powers.

The reason the founders gave that power to the House was for 2 main reasons:
1. The House is closer to the people. The representatives are elected on the local level. Until 1914, Senators were appointed by the States. So they thought the House would better represent the people's wishes in both urban and rural populations.
2. The founding fathers also thought Senators and the President would more often than not be more wealthy than members of the House and would be more willing to spend the people's tax money without regard.

[Fumesucker]

5. Two words..

Predator Drones.

[johnd83]

6. They get their money from legal insider trading

a very insidious form of corruption.

[Yo_Mama]

7. You're nuts.

Fortunately, neither our president nor the Supreme Court justices are, so this won't fly.

[HopeHoops]

8. Why pay the House GOP that much? It isn't like they do anything.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Congress controls the purse

Not the executive, clearly spelled out in the Constitution.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. 27th Amedment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

You're nuts.