Proposed amendments to the US constitution

• 1.State and federal campaign financing reform, (no private money – period. Public air time – public funds)(Dylan Rattigan’s original petition and the one most of us signed.)

• 2.Blind trusts and stock and asset disclosure for congress members and govt. employees,(re: Throw Them All Out: How politicians and their friends get rich off insider stock tips, land deals, and cronyism that would send the rest of us to prison by Peter Schweizer)

• 3.Eliminating ALL congressional and regulatory contact with lobby money (including no revolving doors re: Capitol Punishment by Jack Abramoff ) except for information given at public hearings and in public documents released to the public.

• 4.Elimination of politicized gerrymandering,

• 5.No state or federal congress or executive exemptions from any law or regulation.

• 6. State ballot citizen initiatives rights so that the citizen public may petition, initiate, place on the ballot proposed legislation, vote and pass or reject legislation when their govt is unresponsive.

• 7. Politician's, staff's and govt. worker's benefits restricted to (use of) the public's “entitlements”.

• 8. No earmarked bills, that is, a bill shall be restricted to the matter under consideration and no member shall add unrelated amendments, earmarks or other matters unrelated to the original matter. Bills limited to 25 pages with related matter passed separately.

• 9. Executive shall have the right of the partial veto providing that entire sections are vetoed and the veto is not used to introduce provisions contrary to or not voted on by the members of congress.

• 10. Public workers shall not collectively bargain with elected public officials but shall, where bargaining is permitted, negotiate with a board of residential property tax payers chosen by lots as juries are selected. This will prevent public unions from negotiating with those they organize to elect but rather they shall negotiate with those who actually are obligated financially by the bargaining process. Thus the balance of power will be restored as between government and taxpayers.

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Here are amendments proposed by William Brown
http://www.petition2congress.com/5713/employment-compensation-congressional-representatives/

No member of Congress shall receive pay greater than the national median household income as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the present year. Health and Disability insurance shall be provided at equal rates and coverage as provided to a majority of legally employed American workers not protected by and or held by labor union regulations. No member of Congress shall be allowed to demand fees, wages, salaries or other compensation from personal or private appearances for personal use. No member of Congress shall hold a position of authority/management in any not-for-profit and/or for profit organization.

No member of Congress shall reside on any federal or other publicly owned land or in any federal or other publicly owned structure not determined as a proper residential facility by the United States Housing and Urban Development agency. No member of Congress shall reside in publicly owned housing facility unless rents and/or leases are paid at fair market value.

Any and all personal debt incurred by any member of Congress, public and or private, shall be the sole responsibility of that member of Congress. No member of Congress shall accept loans, gifts, services, monies and/or other compensation held as campaign or political contributions for himself/herself or other Congressional Representatives.

No member of Congress shall be allowed to take the oath office if public and/or private liens are held against him or her except personal credit debt. All members must be current with alimony and/or child support as documented by his or her home state as personal circumstances require.

Personal gifts of cash and/or in-kind services or products received by persons or representatives of for-profit and/or not-for-profit organizations not eligible to vote in his or her district or state shall be considered as income and taxed at its fair market value to be assessed by the Congressional Budget Office or other Non-Government Organization not affiliated with any member of Congress and/or his/her immediate family.

Personal gifts of cash and/or in-kind services or products received on behalf of for-profit and/or not-for-profit organizations shall be considered as income and taxed at its fair market value to be assessed by the Congressional Budget Office or other Non-Government Organization not affiliated with any member of Congress and/or his/her immediate family.

One paid day per month shall be allowed for sick leave, not transferable to the next year. Two paid days of vacation per month shall be given, not transferable to the next year. Unused sick days or vacation days shall not be exchanged for compensation.

All personal investments and real property not considered as his or her primary place of residence shall be held in a non-interest bearing blind trust account. No member of Congress or his or her immediate family members shall participate in the sale, purchase or other trade of stocks, bonds, commodities or other traded market products during their term of service as a member of the House Representatives or Senate. Members of Congress shall recuse himself or herself from debates, speeches, votes or other legislative actions that may benefit any family members directly or give the appearance of conflict of interest.

OASDI Trust Fund as required of all federal employees.

Any and all campaign and political contributions, cash or in-kind, remaining at the end of any direct election in which a candidate is not elected and/or at the end of each term of service as defined by the United States Constitution shall be surrendered to the U.S. Treasury. Any and all debt held as result of campaigning or accrued during the occupation of the seat shall be the sole responsibility of that member of Congress or non-elected candidate; they shall be allowed to solicit public assistance in debt restitution, any and all funds remaining after all debt is cleared shall be surrendered to the U.S. Treasury.

No law shall be passed that will exclude any member of Congress from laws and/or regulations except as those exclusions shall be enjoyed by all Americans.
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