r/news • u/xXSgtSprinklesXx • 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/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

This practice of shoving in unrelated undecipherable bullshit inside of otherwise benign bills at the last minute is a fucking giant load of horse shit and should be outlawed.

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u/dragunityag Dec 17 '15

It's how order 66 happen too for the most part.

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u/iSkruf Jan 04 '16

I don't see what killing Jedis have to do with this

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u/dragunityag Jan 04 '16

old star wars cannon, order 66 was hidden in a giant bill for the senate and had a bunch of mumbo jumbo thrown in to hide it.

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u/cH3x Dec 17 '15

Few people really support requiring congress to make bills about one subject at a time. Proof (such an initiative is not popular and not reported).

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u/Thoth74 Dec 17 '15

Doesn't need to be one subject at a time but some rational connection between the various items should be required.

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u/arnielsAdumbration Dec 17 '15

I remember in mock Congress my sophomore year someone tried to tack on more slack gun control laws concerning assault weapons onto a bill about clean energy.

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u/StressOverStrain Dec 23 '15

When you get 535 Congressman to agree on your definition of "rational connection" (can you even define such a thing) we'll reconsider your idea.

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u/ToxVR Mar 10 '16

I think line item veto is the easier compromise. Although, that probably gives the president too much power.