that goes for any sort of representative

Impeachment? What? @Wizard_of_The_West

He is bound by the will of the people kek

@Nathan James 123 That's not the intent of impeachment

And now watch Mitch McConnel just say out loud "yeah, we lied our asses off about why we didn't have a hearing and sat on our asses. deal with it"

Yet the ability is there <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

So in reality, he is.

in any case executive power is where real political power lies

Impeachment is for when the President abandons his Oath or uses his powers to corrupt the intent of his office.

i mean from a technical standpoint you could argue the most powerful position in the US govt. is speaker of the house; they get control over a lot of things

especially with regards to money

iirc

yeah no thats right; all revenue bills have to come from the house

most powerful position in the us isn't in the government

thats a whole other issue

we need to get money out of our political system ASAP; one of the few things i agree with AOC on

gluck

dont worry it wont happen

oh yeah, how's that AOC/Ted Cruz lobbyist regulation going?

Not really. You just need to add some limits on it @W1NT3R1SC0MING

Lobbying is a legitimate thing

The Executive was definitely muted with the establishment of merit based civil servant system. So instead of everyone being subject to political changes only the more senior levels can be replaced willy nilly.

and should be

Money isn't the problem at all

Just adopt UK policy and make everything public

It's that lobbying is profitable

Lobbying is by definition competing against the will of the electorate with money

Make it easy for the news to rail into people for the money they recieve

If it's not declared, it's illegal

If civil servants opposed the Administrations goals objectively they should be fired.

Simple as.

the issue is the people writing the campaign finance laws and tax codes are also being paid off to put in the loopholes

If they are doing their job and that in itself opposes the administration then that sounds like a whistleblower in the making.

it all needs to go to ensure the will of the electorate is their only concern

Just forcing people to make it all public will get around that

They literally pay money to achieve what they can't with votes or winning arguments. its not legitimate.

Giving any kind of item or money to a politician must be declared

The merit system created a new aristocracy and as we've seen recently from the Russia investigation it hasn't matured well.

Love British politics. I get the feeling during a heated debate the Queen would rush into the room and start beating people with her mace as commentators scream from the outer seats.

youre missing the point. even if they do that, the people who write the laws are being paid off to begin with. even if they force people to make it public, they will find a way around that to continue donating large sums behind closed doors

Than that will be illegal