Implementation of a "Congressional Accuracy Rule"

The Issue

We are asking that the House of Representatives, and the Senate of the United States of America, enact Rules that explicitly make it is a Censurable Offense to Present inaccurate, or exaggerated information, while Presenting Legislation for Consideration, or while Making ANY SPEECH on the Floor of the House of Representatives or Senate. We ask that this Rule be put into place BEFORE THE END OF 2011.

In this case, we shall take "Inaccurate" to mean:  ANY Information or Data that is mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.

In this case, we shall take "Exaggerated" to mean: ANY Information or Data that has been represented as greater than or less than is actually the case; overstated or understated.

There is absolutely no reason why, with the enormous staffs available to both Congressional House and Senate Members, is it too much to ask that they not make errors in stating their Beliefs and Presenting Data to their Colleagues and the Public? If they cannot present accurate, and unexaggerated information as part of their Duties, then we believe that they DO NOT DESERVE TO SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

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Jeffrey ColinPetition StarterI am a Freelance Writer, a Candidate to become a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest with the Order of Clear Mind Zen (<a href="http://www.clearmindzen.org" rel="nofollow">www.clearmindzen.org</a>) in Las Cruces New Mexico, and the Senior Partner & Spokesman for The Chimpzilla Project, a Free-Market Based Project to assist Poor & Marginalized People in the United States and around the World. I currently am writing for the Huffington Post, and working on a Book about what it means to be Poor in the United States--written from the perspective of someone who has lived 51 years in Poverty. He is also developing Sustainable Vistas, a SuperPAC organization dedicated to stepping away from partisanship, name-calling, and focusing on sustainable solutions to seemingly intractable problems. http://www.sustainablevistas.org Http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-p-colin http://my.firedoglake.com/chimp1/ http://open.salon.com/blog/jeffrey_colin http://rkthb.co/9390
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The Issue

We are asking that the House of Representatives, and the Senate of the United States of America, enact Rules that explicitly make it is a Censurable Offense to Present inaccurate, or exaggerated information, while Presenting Legislation for Consideration, or while Making ANY SPEECH on the Floor of the House of Representatives or Senate. We ask that this Rule be put into place BEFORE THE END OF 2011.

In this case, we shall take "Inaccurate" to mean:  ANY Information or Data that is mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.

In this case, we shall take "Exaggerated" to mean: ANY Information or Data that has been represented as greater than or less than is actually the case; overstated or understated.

There is absolutely no reason why, with the enormous staffs available to both Congressional House and Senate Members, is it too much to ask that they not make errors in stating their Beliefs and Presenting Data to their Colleagues and the Public? If they cannot present accurate, and unexaggerated information as part of their Duties, then we believe that they DO NOT DESERVE TO SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

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Jeffrey ColinPetition StarterI am a Freelance Writer, a Candidate to become a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest with the Order of Clear Mind Zen (<a href="http://www.clearmindzen.org" rel="nofollow">www.clearmindzen.org</a>) in Las Cruces New Mexico, and the Senior Partner & Spokesman for The Chimpzilla Project, a Free-Market Based Project to assist Poor & Marginalized People in the United States and around the World. I currently am writing for the Huffington Post, and working on a Book about what it means to be Poor in the United States--written from the perspective of someone who has lived 51 years in Poverty. He is also developing Sustainable Vistas, a SuperPAC organization dedicated to stepping away from partisanship, name-calling, and focusing on sustainable solutions to seemingly intractable problems. http://www.sustainablevistas.org Http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-p-colin http://my.firedoglake.com/chimp1/ http://open.salon.com/blog/jeffrey_colin http://rkthb.co/9390
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Craig Brown
Craig Brown
CommonDreams.org
Robert Weissman
Robert Weissman
President, Public Citizen

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Petition created on April 12, 2011