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This isn't anything new[1][2], though it's a shame it's allowed. Apparently congressmen had to vote on it two hours[3] after receiving the 5000 page bill. [1]h
by EnderWT 6y ago
This isn't anything new[1][2], though it's a shame it's allowed. Apparently congressmen had to vote on it two hours[3] after receiving the 5000 page bill.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_bill
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_(legislation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_(legislation)
[3]https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1341145260014100480 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1341145260014100480
- shmerl 6y agoPretty conductive for corruption.
- jml7c5 6y agoThe question isn't how long they had to read the final version of the bill, the question is how long they had to read all of the components of the bill. If this final bill was only a 50 page modification to some draft that had been discussed for weeks, then it's really not that surprising.
- clort 6y agoImagine if there was a commit log which could be inspected to see what had changed, rather than getting a 5000 page document with no indication.
- _underfl0w_ 6y agoIf only they had the equivalent of `git diff`. Side note, who mandates these time constraints? Why are seemingly arbitrary deadlines applied? If a bill can stand on its own, why rush it at all unless you intend to enable surreptitious changes that will hopefully be missed?
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