They know they can’t do that and they tried to do it anyway. In the U.S. House...”Clause 7 of rule XVI, called the “germaneness rule,” stands for the simple proposition that an amendment must address the same subject as the matter being amended. The germaneness rule was adopted by the House in 1789 and has remained the same since it was last changed in 1822.”
Also, wouldn’t the USSC determine this action to be unconstitutional?
How germaine was Obozocare to the amendment/bill they gutted for it?
“The germaneness rule was adopted by the House in 1789”
Quoting Buford T. Justice, what do the damn Germans have to do with anything?
This move, stripping a bill and substituting totally different subject, happens often. Usually to originate by bill number only, subject matter that constitutionally must originate in the House.
In any deliberative body, rules of procedure can be waived. There is protocol for that too, but legislators don;t follow their own rules - this is normal, and it is part of why no reasoning person has a smidgen of respect for the US government.