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Old 12-30-2020, 05:23 PM   #8003
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout View Post
Can someone explain to me why the US will put random things together in the same bill?

Doesn't it make the most sense to have bills deal with specific issues? Why would you link stimulius payments, internet regulation and defense spending in the same bill?

On the face of it, that doesn't make sense. What's the technical reasoning behind it (the actual reasoning is to kill a bill the exact say McConnell is doing it).

Canada has omnibus bills as well. Stephen Harper loved them.
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