Whenever a bill appears, disappears and reappears there’s a big chance it is a case of a “milker bill” or a “toll booth bill”. Basically go after an industry wi

Whenever a bill appears, disappears and reappears there’s a big chance it is a case of a “milker bill” or a “toll booth bill”. Basically go after an industry with money and propose some really inconvenient thing for them and say it will go away if you “donate to my campaign” usually through “lobbying efforts” Big examples in the past were SOPA act for example https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/opinion/politicians-extortion-racket.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/opinion/politicians-extor... EDIT: it seems to happen at all levels https://abc11.com/amp/politics-durham-city-council-extortion-real-estate-developer/13003620/ https://abc11.com/amp/politics-durham-city-council-extortion... https://abc30.com/amp/nelson-esparza-charged-extortion-city-council-president/12059065/ https://abc30.com/amp/nelson-esparza-charged-extortion-city-...