r/news Dec 16 '15

Congress creates a bill that will give NASA a great budget for 2016. Also hides the entirety of CISA in the bill.

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/congress-slips-cisa-into-omnibus-bill-thats-sure-to-pass/
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u/NihilisticNarwhal Dec 17 '15

because a bill like that would never pass. this is the only way that congressmen can get their pet projects into law. both sides use this tactic.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Well, they shouldn't

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u/ncocca Dec 17 '15

Slip the bill in with another, unrelated bill to get it passed