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Old 06-24-2004, 08:42 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
There is absolutely nothing sinister or uncommon in tacking on extra and unrelated legislation to existing bills in Congress. This is a well-established practice and it happens all the time. It is a result of common legislative processes, which involve compromise and large doses of power-brokering in order to get things through both houses.
It is a result of the way politics has grown up in this country, and it's unfortunate. That is typical does not make it good, but I do appreciate you pointing out what some of us might not have known, were we completely ignorant of the nature of US politics.
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