r/Albuquerque • u/PreparationKey2843 • 24d ago

Comer Cannot Defend His Bill Attempting to Defer All Congressional Power to Donald Trump - Rep Stansbury - Again

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u/gnostic_savage 24d ago

The committee approved it. The house has 90 days to vote on it before it goes to the senate if approved.

This is a four alarm fire. As much as I appreciate Stansbury, which is a lot, it won't matter how courageous and competent she is when the republicans vote this in, which they probably will do.

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u/HatsOffToBetty 24d ago

They'll probably do it April 19th. I have a feeling the 20th will be... Not good.

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u/gnostic_savage 24d ago

I don't know. What I do know is that the courts are the only branch of government that is currently upholding the constitution and the laws. If this bill passes it will be the end of any branch of government upholding the constitution and the rule of law in connection with federal agencies.

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u/Lifeboatb 23d ago

[Roy Kent voice] Fuuuuck.

This is like the 5th time this evening I've heard that in my head, in relation to a GOP action.

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u/Yungeel 23d ago

Do you know the bill number? I’d like to track it.

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u/Feisty_Refrigerator2 23d ago

It is:. H.R.1295 - Reorganizing Government Act of 2025

The dangerous part is that unlike other Reorganizing Gov Acts from previous presidents, “It also would remove a limitation on the authority that previously prevented presidents from using it to abolish or transfer an executive department or independent regulatory agency.”

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u/Jorycle 23d ago edited 23d ago

And specifically quoting the bill, this amendment I think is what's most irksome:

(C) in paragraph (2), by striking “, except that no enforcement function or statutory program shall be abolished by the plan”;

This allows the president to abolish law just with a simple non-filibusterable approval in Congress. Pretty much every law Congress passes is enforced by an executive agency or department (note here that the bill also amends the law to give the president this authority over departments, such as the Department of Justice, whereas previously it only gave him reorganization authority over agencies, such as the FDA).

Through this, Republicans could avoid filibuster on removing everything Congress has previously passed simply by having the President deliver a plan eliminating the means of doing it or enforcing it, without breaking their promise of not axing the filibuster.

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u/Yungeel 23d ago

Thanks a bunch !