5 ways to 'crazyproof' the country against the chaos of a GOP House

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Although Democrats shocked the political world by overperforming in this week’s elections, there’s still a good chance Republicans will end up controlling the House. If so, there will be zero time to waste: Lawmakers should use the lame-duck period before the new Congress is sworn in to build safeguards against a GOP-controlled House’s capacity to sow full-blown chaos.
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This imperative doesn’t apply just to Democrats. Plenty of Republicans, particularly in the Senate, discern the threats posed by a GOP House. They could join Democrats in acting for the good of the country — and for the good of their own party as well. Political scientist Jonathan Bernstein calls this the “crazyproofing agenda,” and in at least some of these cases, that’s not much of an overstatement.

Here are five ways Congress can act in the lame-duck period, if necessary:

1 Defuse future debt ceiling crises

House Republicans are already threatening to use potential breaches of the debt limit — which would trigger default and economic disaster — to extract policy concessions from President Biden and Democrats on other fronts.

Congress should neutralize this weapon of extortion, because even the mere playing of this game threatens severe damage. In the lame duck, Democrats in the Senate — joined by Republicans who recognize the threat — could raise the debt limit beyond what would be needed during the Biden presidency, or even much higher, rendering it void. Or Congress could transfer control of debt limit hikes to the treasury secretary.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Absolutely!

TIme to think outside the box. It's not hard to outsmart them. They are predictable and they always tell us what they're going to pull next, because, well, they just can't shut their mouths.

Another great thing to do would be to lock up tfg and ALL rukie assets in Congress and keep them there, pending trials as dangers to society and potential flight risks -- which are obviously both true.