Posted on 03/22/2018 8:36:14 AM PDT by Mr. K
They amount to extortion.
Laws should be passed on merit not bribery.
Rider (legislation)
In legislative procedure, a rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
Riders are usually created as a tactic to pass a controversial provision that would not pass as its own bill. Occasionally, a controversial provision is attached to a bill not to be passed itself but to prevent the bill from being passed (in which case it is called a wrecking amendment or poison pill).
That’s how I remember it - line item veto was written into the law by Congress - Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, something about the House having ultimate authority over specific spending bills.....
Who says the budget has to be a single bill? Why not let Congress divide the budget into segments and pass separate bills for different departments/projects? Either way, I’d count the funding of the wall in with national defense, since that is its purpose. And why not fine illegals to help cover their cost to us? Isn’t that a way to make Mexico pay for the wall?
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