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The Constitution of the Homeland of America: Revised Abridged Edition

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Section 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be eternal and omnipresent, such that no resident of the Homeland shall ever be able to escape the thought that the most important election in history is imminent.

The Congress shall assemble all year long, with numerous vacations to be scheduled by its lobbyists and bribers.  Bribery shall be permitted when not engaged in by labor unions.

Section 5. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members, other than the Vice President, for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member, other then the Vice President.  Senators dissatisfied with the conduct of the Vice President can go f*ck themselves.

Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in the judgment of the Unitary Executive require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.

Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be paid by their lobbyists and bribers  They shall in all cases, be subject to warrantless search and seizure without cause by the Unitary Executive during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same.

Section 7. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.  The Unitary Executive may signing statement said bills or simply ignore them.

Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the Unitary Executive of the Homeland; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.  Or the Unitary Executive may sign the bill and ignore all or part of it.  He may, if he so chooses, announce in a signing statement the portions of the bill he intends to alter or ignore.

If after reconsideration two thirds of the originating House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law.  In such instance, the Unitary Executive may simply ignore the bill without indicating his plans in a signing statement.

But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively.  Persons voting contrary to the will of the Unitary Executive shall be subject to rhetorical attack, immune from any charge of libel or slander, by the media corporations of the Homeland.

Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the Unitary Executive of the Homeland; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by Him, or being disapproved by Him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.  The Unitary Executive may choose which measures to obey and which to ignore.

Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, except on corporations, those possessing over $10 million, and close acquaintances of the Unitary Executive, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, except by use of the Unitary Executive's military;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, except as the Unitary Executive may disapprove;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States, except as the Unitary Executive may disapprove;

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