Tenney pushes frivolous bills, which wastes time and public money

Editor:

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, in a pitiful attempt to show that her time in Congress is not wasteful, has proposed a series of legislative bills.

For example, in her press release she claims: “The Safeguarding Trust in our Politics Act which would amend the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit 501©(3) tax-exempt organizations from funding or administering election-related activities, putting an end to private funding schemes that undermine public confidence in our electoral process.”

According to the IRS website, all 501©(3) “organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.”  Her legislation will not affect “private funding schemes” or dark money that is undermining confidence in our elections.

Ms. Tenney is also wasting her time and our tax dollars with a frivolous bill to end birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court. If the Constitution could be changed by legislative action, then the next Congress can do away with the 2nd Amendment. Instead of working for her constituents, Ms. Tenney’s time in office is characterized by her waste, fraud and abuse.

Willliam Fine

Brockport