One problem there is riders. Bills are a big mishmash of everybody's favorite pork and loophole fests instead of being a nice isolated single story commit. Thi

One problem there is riders. Bills are a big mishmash of everybody's favorite pork and loophole fests instead of being a nice isolated single story commit. This leads to no end of treachery later. For one thing, it means you can smear someone for voting either _for_ or _against_ the same bill. For another, places without line-item-veto are screwed.