alt Hacker NewsI disagree, every rider was independently lobbied for and the outcome would be the same if passed separately by Congress or as a rider in a larger bill like it was.
There is no reason to have cognitive dissonance over it.
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acheron • yesterday at 2:53 AM
It proves they never actually cared in the first place, it’s just arguments as soldiers.
AnthonyMouse • yesterday at 8:39 AM
If you have a huge omnibus bill that has a good thing that the representative's constituents want, and then a mountain of burning trash attached to it, and the representative votes for the bill, they can defend the vote as getting the thing their constituents wanted.
If you make them each a different bill and then the constituents want to know why they voted in favor of the hot garbage by itself, how can they answer?
If every rider was independently proposed the outcome wouldn't be the same, reconciliation wouldn't apply and 60 Senate votes would be required to pass them.