At the beginning of  this congressional session the constitution was read on the floor of the house of representatives. Each incoming Senator is given a pocket copy (a tradition started by Sen Byrd). They along with everyone else elected to a federal position pledges to uphold the constitution.

Even though the ability to read is not a requirement for the job I don’t believe we have any literate dependents  at work here. If that is true it must be that they have forgotten the definitions of some words. This should remind them. (although this is written to the conservatives it may pay all to read)

Democracy      Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.                        The common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.                      Congressional conservatives most have missed the second definition

Capitalism     An economic and political system characterized by a free market for goods and services and private control of production and consumption.       Can someone show me where this is stated as our economic system  in the constitution

Freedom   The state of being free Exemption from external control,interference,regulation Power to determine action without restraint             political or national independence      frankness of manor or speech I know freedom of speech is in the Constitution, but can you show me freedom of platform? I think we could allow political spin and still ban it from the airways and floors of congress. I remember when we thought our politicians were telling the truth now we’d like to find one who does.

Lie   A false statement made with intention to deceive an intentional untruth a falsehood          Something intended to convey a false impression            While both parties employ the second definition the Republicans have made it a mainstay of their platform.

Public Service   Government  Employment                                            How come everyone else is a government worker while your in Public   Service?

Insurance              A means of protecting or safeguarding against risk or injury.        I wonder why this is not for government to do but nation building is?

Representative      A person who represents  a constituency or community in a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. house of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.     Represent          To stand or act in the place of, as a substitute, proxy, or agent          To act for or in behalf of (a constituency, state, etc.) by deputed right in exercising a voice in legislation or government          To present, produce, or perform, as on a stage          To impersonate, as in acting              This one both parties get right if you use the last two definitions And also the first two if those they are representing are not those that elected them but the party they belong to.

 1. The President     The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected,  Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector ;  (12th amendment) The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;  The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;  The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.  The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorumfor the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible tThe President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.o that of Vice-President of the United States;    Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:”I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

2. Civilian Power over Military, Cabinet, Pardon Power, Appointments   The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment;     He Shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments;        The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

3. State of the Union, Convening Congress    He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

4. Disqualification  The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

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