The only people that live up to their Oaths are our military. There it is enforceable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Too bad we don´t have such a code for the Usurper and Congress.

I would settle for them not taking bribes and sleeping with underaged prostitutes.

Just don´t vote for any bill that you can´t read and/or understand.

Civil Suit. I like it. Senators taken to court in a class action suit by the citizens of the state he/she represents. House reps sued by folks in their districts....

Our government isn´t bloated, it´s morbidly obese. Deadly, Guinness Book of Records obese.

You can´t "fundamentally transform" the nation and uphold the constitution at the same time. The problem is with those that bought into that line, and again with four more years of lessons learned to ignore.

Our constitution is designed to create a lasting form of government not subject to transformational change every four years.

Well said.

I have seen these questions posted many times, ´What do you expect the Republican party to do, they are outnumbered?´ or ´How can we get the message out, how can we convince voters to come to our side?´

Go back and read #4 again, he was quite succinct.

Now allow me to be a bit more loquacious. : ) If the Republicans refuse to vote on this bill - and others - and every time they are asked state simply, ´We did not have time to read it before voting on it,´ people will get the message. They can even expand a little bit with other short, easy to understand ideas; ´If we don´t know what is in it, we don´t know what we might be forcing on you,´ ´Something was added at the last minute and we don´t know exactly what that was,´ ´Oh, look, this line buried here means you will pay higher fees at the ATM. We want to look into that a bit further.´

They are low-information voters, they are not stupid. (Not all of them, at least.) Keep the sound bites short and clear. They will get it.

The key word is SAM.
Simple: a bill should have a simple purpose.
Achievable: the bill should be structured to achieve its purpose.
Measurable: one should be able to measure the progress towards the goal.
Alas.
Our Members of Congress are not in the business of enacting legislation. They are in the business of taking care of themselves. Their actions suggest that their sole concern is their continued employment and prosperity. "Legislators" subcontract the writing of bills to lobbyists. In return, the lobbyists provide the funds so that the "Legislator" can produce such propaganda as will guarantee his/her re-election. That is how we ended up with "Sen." Barbara Mikulski, who passed her use-by date 20 years ago. "Service" in Congress is how "Sen." Kerry came to be worth $190 MILLION dollars, while never holding a real job.
These people are not going to change their ways. They have to be unelected.
Sen Paul is wasting his time. His outrage is irrelevant.
Besides, "we have to pass the bill to find out what is in it."

When Obamaa was running the first time he promised that any pending bill would be placed on the internet (I think for 3 days) before any vote. He lied.

Rand Paul is right to be outraged to be asked to vote on the afternoon of the same day he was handed a 600 page bill that very morning.

Republicans can refuse to vote. What will that get them? In the Senate Republicans can only choose between voting and being outvoted or not voting at all. There is no winning possible with either choice.

Amazing how Republicans seem more content to keep losing every battle without ever changing strategy. #4 is right. (Oh my the press will have a fit, can´t do that, whine, whine..." ). Thank you Senator Paul. He is everything RUBIO was supposed to be but isn´t.