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Maybe, and I realize this is crazy, legislators could read the full text of what they vote on.
by mikeash 7y ago
Maybe, and I realize this is crazy, legislators could read the full text of what they vote on.
- eckmLJE 7y agoOr maybe the top-line bill is so important that you just swallow the bitter pill of less important riders, because getting a clean bill seems unlikely / out of your own control.
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoOr you vote against any bill that has riders and make them bring the important bill back up as a clean bill without the riders.
- UnFleshedOne 7y agoI understand usually it is a question of trading influence -- you want those kittens saved, but the guy whose vote you need wants to stick it to web cam manufacturers. Thus the abomonation bills are born.