Law-Making Reform

1. Ban Earmark Legislation.

  • Earmarks are the legislative provisions that lawmakers exercise when they direct
    funds or tax exemptions for miscellaneous projects that have nothing to do with
    the Proposed Law’s Aim(s).

  • Earmarks have been used to “bribe” lawmakers to support legislation they
    otherwise would not support.

  • In some cases however, legitimate needs may exist for extra federal funding
    for local projects. In these cases, funding for “pet projects” should only be done
    in a separate medium- one that is not attached and thus does not compromise
    the integrity of a Proposed Law.

  • Therefore a bill exclusively aimed at pet projects and nothing broader should be
    used to address this. For the purposes of simplicity, we can call it “Pet Project
    Bills.”


    • 2. Make Pet-Project funding exclusive to Bills ("Pet Project Only Bills") that focus exclusively on Pet Project funding.

  • This would ensure the pet projects do not become bargaining chips for broad
    Law Proposals.


    • 3. Ban Gerrymandering and Affirmative Action Redistricting by replacing it with Rectangular Grid-locked Districts and/or those that take in whole municipalities or substantial political subdivisions, ensuring better Geographical Integrity.

  • Every ten years, after the Census information is evaluated, Congress’ number
    of Representative seats must be re-apportioned to the states based on their
    population-ratio to the whole. This system is complicated and highly politically
    motivated.

  • If the states gain or lose a seat, they must re-draw the map to reconcile the
    difference.

  • One way to simplify the numbers is to bring the designated number of
    representative seats of 435 down to a smaller and/or more divisible number.


    • 4. Ban Insider Trading on Members of Congress.

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