Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell here, what questions do you have for me?

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There is a rumor going around that BAH will begin to be treated like OHA (Where there is a "if you don't use it, you lose it," with regards to the housing allowance. Is this true? If it is I would request that you don't support this measure. Here are the reasons:

While, in theory, it may save the government money in practice it leads to predatory pricing by landlords and reduces the incentive for service members, who want to buy a home, to purchase a home they can truly afford. While serving in Korea my family and I lived off base. The realtors we worked with all knew how much OHA we would received and magically the rent for any property we looked at was magically the same rate. This was true for everyone else I met while stationed there. To add insult to injury, it was not uncommon to find service members in the same apartment complexes (with identical floor plans) paying vastly different amounts for rent purely based on their pay grade.

Additionally, the ability of home station finance offices to track each service members' mortgage or rent and pay them accordingly is questionable. It just adds another level of bureaucratic nonsense which takes away from the real focus of the military, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

What happened to the GOP? You were once a conservative, fiscally responsible party, obeying the rule of law, and division of powers! Now we have a timid Deamoncrat lap dog kowtowing to their every demand. Where are your Conservative leaders? Where are your Conservative candidates, and WHERE IS YOUR CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM??? I have one additional thought about reining in political abuses, it is a 23 word clause that appeared in the Confederate Constitution and needs to be in ours!

These 23 Words Could Save TRILLIONS of Taxpayer Dollars

Dave Jolly Mar 12, 2016

How many times have you heard of Senators and Representatives adding riders or amendments to bills to help fund their pet projects back in their states or for a friend?

Don’t you wish there was a way to stop all of this wasteful use of taxpayer dollars? Well, I found a simple way to stop all of it and much much more unnecessary spending.

Recently I posted about the adoption of the Confederate Constitution back in March 1861. In that lengthy post, I compared the Confederate Constitution with that of the US, since they used the US Constitution as their foundation.

While writing that comparison, I discovered one short 23-word paragraph that the Confederates added to their Constitution that I really wish was part of ours.

Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 20 of the Confederate Constitution read:“(20) Every law, or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.”
It restricts every bill before Congress to deal with one subject alone. That means no riders, add-ons or 2,000 page bills that cover hundreds of different items. That would eliminate all of the pet projects that Congressmen and women constantly add on to the end of totally unrelated bills. This would save hundreds of billions and even trillions of taxpayer dollars.

Just imagine what that would have meant to Obamacare. Every aspect of the massive socialist tome would have to have been separated out into individual bills. Each individual bill would then be scrutinized and either passed or rejected. Do you think that parts of Obamacare like the individual mandate, employer mandate, contraception mandate and all of the nearly 20 additional taxes created or raised by the Affordable Care Act would have been passed and signed into law if they were handled individually?

What about the federal appropriations or budget bills? Wouldn’t it make more sense to see one bill for the Defense Department, one bill for the Justice Department and so on? It would make it much harder to sneak in spending for more than what’s really necessary.

I honestly think that if we adopted this paragraph from the Confederate Constitution that it would drastically reduce federal spending and save American taxpayers trillions of dollars in the long run. What say ye?

I would like to know why there is talk of reducing retirement benefits as well as increasing trice payments. When I joined the Army free medical care was a strong selling point, epically to stay in to retirement. Now I read that many members of Congress are talking about increasing rates or watering down our medical. We have Army leaders saying to cut, but those that say cut are flag officers that will make over 6 figures upon retirement, most retirees don't make that much.

As a military man, as a taxpayer, as a man who has been fascinated by aviation all his life, and as a man who has studied lots of political and military history, I am firmly convinced that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Plane project is a tremendous waste of money. We've spent far too much already and we've gotten far too little in return. I want to see that project killed, before it wrecks our national budget and military budget even more than it already has. Let's take delivery of existing planes and parts, cancel all the rest of the contracts, and send everybody back to the drawing board. Don't let the wailing and hand-wringing of the defense contractors stop you; they'll manage.

What say you, sir?

I respect your many years of publc service and although I don't always agree with your positions, I believe you are trying to create laws that you truly believe are in the best interests of our nation. I would say the exact same thing about most democrats. Why is it so hard for legslators from both parties to respect their fellow legislators and recognize that while there are legitimate differences of opinion the other party is also acting in what they think are the country's best interests? I really dislike the example of disrespect that Congress displays.

Hello Senator McConnell,
I have a question. Are the Republicans aware of super pacs such as Senate Majority PAC. An ad campaign to seat Democrats. I had been using my cell phone and continually get tailored messages about my State Senator Kelly Ayotte. I looked into it and found the superpac and Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC. During elections and on voting days ads on tv, mobile devices and the car radio (many people listen while driving to work and such), it is primarily democrat ads. Are Republicans aware of the extensive reach and role these ads play and if so, how could we expect them to respond. Thanks!

Should VA health care be privatized. Access is the main issue so allowing veterans to seek health care where they live seems to be a reasonable solution to long wait list. Do you support this idea?

Thank you senator McConnell for being hard on Mr. Trump. I seriously question his ability to be a responsible commander in chief, regardless of my political leanings. He needs yours and the input of many other more sensible leaders.