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It's not exactly a pretense, but rather it's playing to the audience, which is the country and the rest of the world. It's theatrics, not intended to sway the
by blisterpeanuts 6y ago
It's not exactly a pretense, but rather it's playing to the audience, which is the country and the rest of the world. It's theatrics, not intended to sway the lawmakers themselves, who in general are not persuadable by their colleagues.
Meanwhile, behind closed doors, lawmakers are horse trading and calling in favors to get their pet projects passed.
This is pretty much how Congress has worked for the past 100 years or so.
- matthewbauer 6y agoThis was true in the 19th century as well.
- slg 6y agoI am reminded of this historical document [1] (A real source [2]). This private horsetrading likely has and will always be part of any legislative body. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySzEXKUSZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySzEXKUSZw [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1790 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1790