• Not Delegate Lawmaking Power
• Put One Subject at a Time in Each Bill
• Read the Bills
• Don't Exceed the Enumerated Powers
• Demonstrate Fiscal Responsibility
• Allow Free Competition in Currency

The Write the Laws Act

DownsizeDC.org's "Write the Laws Act" (WTLA) Don't let Congress delegate its law-making powers to the Executive Branch bureaucracy. The Delegation of Legislative Powers "The Administrative State"

The One Subject at a Time Act

DownsizeDC.org's "One Subject at a Time Act" (OSTA) Stop Congress from combining unrelated bills. Attaching unnecessary and unconstitutional pork to a necessary and constitutional bill, forcing legislators to vote yes on the pork in order to vote yes on the real goal.

The Read the Bills Act

Make Congress Read Their Bills Before Voting Make Congress read every word of every bill they create before they vote on it. Urge your Representative and your Senators to sponsor DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA).

The Enumerated Powers Act

The "Enumerated Powers Act" (EPA) Make Congress cite the Constitutional authority for each law it passes. Enumerated Powers The Constitution

The Fiscal Responsibility Act

Fight Deficit Spending Cut Congress's pay if they run a deficit. If passed into law it would trigger a cut in Congressional pay for each year in which the federal government runs a deficit.

The Free Competition in Currency Act

Free Competition in Currency Act Stop inflation, bubbles, and recessions by permitting free market money to compete with Federal Reserve Notes. Sound Money Inflation is Caused by the Government How "Fiat Money" Steals from the Poor Monetary Policy Money and Banking Abolish the Fed Thinking Biblically about the Banking Crisis Economic Theory for the American Free Enterprise System

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