The Most Obscure Bills Actually Being Considered By Congress

The Most Obscure Bills Actually Being Considered By Congress
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The Most Obscure Bills Actually Being Considered By Congress

So what exactly does congress do when they meet? I mean besides smoking the marijuana that inspired the following presentation….

Here are 10 bills currently being considered by Congress that will blow your mind!

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Tom Cooper | Elite.

  • 10. “Gospel Music Heritage Month”

    H.J.Res. 3: Designating September as “Gospel Music Heritage Month” and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions to the culture of the United States. Hallelujah!

  • 9. Lifelong presidency

    H.J.Res. 15: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second amendment thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

  • 8. Get rid of The United Nations

    H.R. 75: To end membership of the United States in the United Nations...and build some super expensive luxury condos in it's place.

  • 7. Buy American Act

    H.R. 194: To apply the Buy American Act to products purchased for the use of congress and everything bearing a congressional seal.

  • 6. Bring back those Cubans....

    H.R. 214: To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes! It's about time.....

  • 5. Drug testing for drug task force officers

    H.R. 88: To require screening of law enforcement officers or others participating in drug task forces. We all know where the confiscated evidence really goes....

  • 4. A jaywalking database

    H.R. 74: To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops, and for other purposes.

  • 3. A combination of the Navy and the Marines

    H.R. 124: To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

  • 2. A congressional payback to America

    H.R. 106: To require any amounts remaining in a Member’s Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

  • 1. An abolishment of the IRS

    H.R. 25: To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.

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