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Originally Posted by Iandefor  Congress passes resolutions that don't actually change law all the time.
For instance, they recently passed a resolution expressing their condolences to Greece over the whole forest fires thing. The bill in question didn't devote funding to help Greece rebuild or anything, it was just 'Resolved, that Greece burning did suck most terribly. We're sorry it happened.' It's a fairly normal part of the legislative process to pass resolutions like that. |
Seems to me there's a difference between expressing condolences and shouting an opinion as a Sense of the Senate about a newspaper advertisement. The former is uncontroversial. The latter may conflict with freedom of speech and may piss off half of their constituents. Seems to me when in doubt don't make symbolic gestures, if there isn't substantial accord.