Bill: Rejected Senatorial Bill Origin Amendment

[HugeBob]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Constitution​

The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Senatorial Bill Origin Amendment”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) Authored by Representative hugebob23456
(4) Amended by Representative 218218Consumer

2 - Reasons
(1) As it currently stands Senators are at the mercy of the House of Representatives to originate bills. This is a tremendous barrier to those Senators that author many bills.

3 - Terms
(1) “The House of Representatives is where all bills originate from.” is removed.
(2) “The House of Representatives is responsible for the creation of all bills.” is changed to “The Congress is responsible for the creation of all bills.”.
(3) “The Senate acts as the house of review to the House of Representatives and cannot originate any bills.” is removed.
(4) “Responsible for reviewing all bills passed by the House of Representatives and voting on them as well as making amendments where they see fit” is changed to “Responsible for reviewing all bills passed and originated by the House of Representatives and voting on them as well as making amendments where they see fit” under Powers of the Senate.
(5) “Responsible for reviewing all bills passed and originated by the Senate and voting on them as well as making amendments where they see fit” is added to Powers of the House of Representatives.