Hey, I was kidding!
Jun. 27th, 2009 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpA couple of days ago, I flippantly suggested that the House might, in its apparent rush to pass wide-sweeping cap and trade legislation (still not finalized 48 hours before the scheduled vote), consider passing laws that haven't actually been written yet.
It turns out my suggestion might actually have been heeded (though most certainly inadvertently).
It would appear that TPTB on the Rules Committee added a 300-page amendment to the 1200-plus-page bill at 3 am on Friday, filled with descriptions of changes to the bill (e.g., on page so-and-so, starting on line such-and-such, strike the paragraph that starts blah-blah-blah).
Curiously, it would appear that, at the time of the vote, no "final" copy of the legislation actually existed. And thus, it would appear that nobody in the House actually knew what they were voting for (or against, for that matter). Said another way, Congresscritters knew even less about what the law is going to do, or not, than what they usually know when they vote on legislation.
(Except for the pork, naturally.)
Cheers...
P.S. Hilariously, a story at CNN Money.com still has the subhead: Lawmakers are set to debate a sweeping energy bill Friday. Ri-i-i-ight!
It turns out my suggestion might actually have been heeded (though most certainly inadvertently).
It would appear that TPTB on the Rules Committee added a 300-page amendment to the 1200-plus-page bill at 3 am on Friday, filled with descriptions of changes to the bill (e.g., on page so-and-so, starting on line such-and-such, strike the paragraph that starts blah-blah-blah).
Curiously, it would appear that, at the time of the vote, no "final" copy of the legislation actually existed. And thus, it would appear that nobody in the House actually knew what they were voting for (or against, for that matter). Said another way, Congresscritters knew even less about what the law is going to do, or not, than what they usually know when they vote on legislation.
(Except for the pork, naturally.)
Cheers...
P.S. Hilariously, a story at CNN Money.com still has the subhead: Lawmakers are set to debate a sweeping energy bill Friday. Ri-i-i-ight!
