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Yakk · 04-29-2005, 11:08 AM

One theoretical reason:

Putting something like this in the middle of a huge pork bill is bad practice.

Take a bad bill with pork. Add in HMV armor. Now, if you vote down the bad bill, you will be voting against HMV armor (as opposed to changing a bill to add HMV armor).

I don't know if it applies, but the arguement would be basically "This amendment doesn't belong on this bill, it belongs somewhere else".

04-29-2005, 11:08 AM	#13 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	One theoretical reason: Putting something like this in the middle of a huge pork bill is bad practice. Take a bad bill with pork. Add in HMV armor. Now, if you vote down the bad bill, you will be voting against HMV armor (as opposed to changing a bill to add HMV armor). I don't know if it applies, but the arguement would be basically "This amendment doesn't belong on this bill, it belongs somewhere else". __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.