The Enumerated Powers Act

The Enumerated Powers Act would require that all bills introduced into Congress must state their constitutional authority. This bill has been around since 1997, however, the bill has been reintroduced by John Shadegg and now has 56 co-sponors in the House and 22 in the Senate.

Read the entire bill here.

This bill is gaining momentum in a time when government-run health care most likely will become a reality. DownsizeDC.org explains:

Congress asserts it can compel Americans to purchase health insurance
because NOT purchasing health insurance impacts interstate commerce.
But for decades Congress has allowed states to bar their residents

from purchasing health insurance from another state. Which means Congress never previously believed that the purchase (or non-purchase) of health insurance was interstate commerce.The decision to NOT purchase a good or service is NOT commerce, let alone interstate commerce. But under the absurd logic of this bill, if I choose to take a nap rather than go to a movie, I'm engaging in "commerce" and Congress cancompel me to either go to the movie or pay a tax penalty.