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Why Should Amendments Be “A Free Lunch”?

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

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Why is there “a free lunch” in Congress? Why are there 180 Republican Amendments for the House Health care Reform legislation, but no guaranteed Republican votes? Why should members be able to get amendments to bills proposed in committee accepted without any commitment from themselves? What kind of negotiation process is that? Why doesn’t the majority party require a guarantee that the amender vote for the bill? Then we might see some “bipartisanship,” or at least a better partisan bill.

Just sayin . . .

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