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That's how a lot of legislation is written. A private entity writes the legislation and hands it to a congress critter who will run with it.
by nullindividual 2y ago
That's how a lot of legislation is written. A private entity writes the legislation and hands it to a congress critter who will run with it.
- Loughla 2y agoI'm not sure what a good solution to this problem would be though. I do not expect my congressperson to be an expert in every issue. So they should go to the experts. What do you do when the experts have a vested interest in one narrative?
- throwup238 2y ago> I'm not sure what a good solution to this problem would be though. A more powerful Congressional Legislative Counsel akin to the Congressional Budget Office. There is currently a House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel and it does a lot of great work like summarize each bill, but it's rarely involved in legislative drafting unless explicitly asked. It should operate more like the CBO which gets called in for every bill that might impact government finances and the California Office of Legislative Counsel.