By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-25 11:56:12 | Updated at 2024-09-30 21:42:13
5 days ago
‘One pistol clip can change the balance of power’: Congress is wholly unprepared for a mass casualty event
Politico ^
Posted on 09/25/2024 4:45:48 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
Over the past 15 years, members of Congress have survived two near-deadly shootings, a train crash with dozens of them on board, and a Capitol riot that had hundreds of lawmakers fearing for their lives.
Despite those incidents, the institution is wholly unprepared for a catastrophic event that kills or incapacitates multiple members — even if that hypothetical tragedy results in a major power shift: changing which party holds the majority in the House or Senate.
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Right now, the main idea to address the issue is a constitutional amendment that would require members of the House to submit a list of at least five possible successors to be tapped in the event of their death. If any member dies in office, the state’s governor would select an individual from the list to serve on a temporary basis until officials hold a special election for a permanent replacement.
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Opportunities to address the issue — known in congressional parlance as “continuity of government” — have come and gone over the past quarter century.
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Ah yes, the magic phrase 'continuity of government'.
I'm going to play the cynic here and say it was so much easier when kings could appoint their successors and not have to defer to their lessors.
And while I'm sure some may be guided by good intentions, just a reminder the road to hell is paved with those.
1 posted on 09/25/2024 4:45:48 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
To: Tench_Coxe
...and a Capitol riot that had hundreds of lawmakers fearing for their lives...
2 posted on 09/25/2024 4:48:19 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Tench_Coxe
Are they really worried about people with Broomhandle Mausers?
3 posted on 09/25/2024 4:49:30 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
To: Tench_Coxe
4 posted on 09/25/2024 4:50:17 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Tench_Coxe
Shouldn’t the Members’ constituents have some say in these “successors”?
5 posted on 09/25/2024 4:51:37 AM PDT by bryan999
To: Tench_Coxe
6 posted on 09/25/2024 4:51:39 AM PDT by Nifty
To: Tench_Coxe
Congress is a bevy of corrupt cowards doing the bidding for their own interests.
I feel nothing thinking about those selfish bastards.
7 posted on 09/25/2024 4:52:53 AM PDT by dforest
To: ComputerGuy
8 posted on 09/25/2024 4:53:46 AM PDT by blitz128
To: Tench_Coxe
“he institution is wholly unprepared for a catastrophic event that kills or incapacitates multiple members”
All BS. Continuity of government plans are in place and have been for decades. There are 535 of those scoundrels, so losing even two dozen wouldn’t make a dent in things.
9 posted on 09/25/2024 4:54:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: Nifty
It’s the thing on your pistol that allows you to hang your gun off your belt, you know like a impact gun 😎
10 posted on 09/25/2024 4:55:08 AM PDT by blitz128
To: Tench_Coxe
I don’t trust this, at all.
11 posted on 09/25/2024 4:55:53 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown in)
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