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The easy way our for a lazy congressman is to copy-and-paste the current regulations into a bill (all of them,) sponsor it, and get it passed by the end of the
by RecycledEle 3y ago
The easy way our for a lazy congressman is to copy-and-paste the current regulations into a bill (all of them,) sponsor it, and get it passed by the end of the week.
Then submit another bill that makes it the duty of the commissioner of the blah-blah agency to submit a bill to congress every year that fixes whatever problems (s)he thinks need fixing. Give them a budget for a couple of lawyers to do the drafting and suggest they have an internal email address for employees to suggest changes to the lawyers. When the proposed bill is submitted by the commissioner, it goes onto the public record and the public has 180 days to comment. After that, whatever party is in power will take the parts they like, combine it with verbage from the lobbyists who pay for their vacations, and sponsor that bill.
Yes, this introduces more delays into The System. I wish we (in the USA) would pass a constitutional amendment saying all laws must be published with markup for the dates changes take effect, so we can see what changes are coming soon. I also wish all new laws had to be published at least 1 year before they can take effect.