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> authorizes $1.68 billion for relief for Hurricane Florence, which hit the Carolinas last month; The fuck does this have to do with any of the other regulatio
by craftyguy 8y ago
> authorizes $1.68 billion for relief for Hurricane Florence, which hit the Carolinas last month;
The fuck does this have to do with any of the other regulations in this law?
- Terr_ 8y agoSince there's no mechanism for conditional voting or enforcing promises, a lot of horse-trading among politicians happens within the context of a single voted-upon item.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago"... [a]nd for other purposes." A favorite tag-line for junk legislation included in sure-vote bills.
- gwright 8y agoIt is basically a parliamentary procedure hack. An urgent issue can be tacked on to an existing bill that is already farther along in the process. Streamlines the passage. There is also a bit of game theory going on here, by attaching a must pass item to the bill you can get other less favorable items passed at the same time.
- craftyguy 8y ago> by attaching a must pass item to the bill you can get other less favorable items passed at the same time. This should not be allowed. Items in a bill should be passed by their own merit, not by the merits of other 'must pass' things they hang off of.