Obama's Congressional Reform Proposals Will Never Pass (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama is proposing sweeping changes in the way in which Congress works, according to the Associated Press. His reforms would include policies against insider trading in Congress, bundled campaign contributions, restrictions on stocks and securities government officials could own and changes to appointment approvals. As a political scientist, I see this as a political plot against Congress.

The president is making suggestions that people would automatically agree with. Personally, I think many of his suggestions would clear up corruption in Congress and would clear up many of the campaign donations that can cause corruption. The fact is, his proposals would never pass as is and he knows it. He is making a suggestion to change how politics work behind the scenes, and Congress will not allow the "Big Boys Club" to lose their toys.

Few in Congress would support President Obama's proposed changes for the right reason. I could see the "supporters" of the sweeping changes as doing it for show as they know the changes would never pass. The Republicans are automatically going to oppose the bill for the public reason of it "being too restrictive and an attack on Congress." The bill would die and the "corruption of the Republican Party" would be blamed.

Congress has very low approval ratings and President Obama has been bumping heads with the body at every turn. Why not try to get some political points off of the group nobody likes or trusts these days? At the same time, the president can appear to be someone who is looking out for the best interests of the common person and of the government as a whole.

Over the next few weeks, we are sure to see this fight play out in the media. President Obama will press how Congress is wrong for not passing the changes immediately. The Democrats will accuse the Republicans of being corrupt, while the "Blues" try to hide the corruption which they are guilty of. Of course, the Republicans will be working on covering up their corruption while pushing the idea of the president "grandstanding" and being a "populist." All the president has to hope is that Congress does not push back by revealing the skeletons in his closet.

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