Doesn’t this happen all the time. Then when you vote no on a bill it gets used in campaigns like you voted no on the primary legisation and not because of what was added on.
Right.
But this can be turned around on the opposition. For example:
“Voted NO on sneak Democrat attempt to cut President’s power to counter terrorists, by attaching “no debate” Democrat measure to a commemorative coin bill!”
Pubbies just never seem to counterattack...
(That could likely be a lot better worded: It’s wordier than I like, for one. But keep “sneak” and Democrat” together.)
This crap about being able to attach unrelated amendments to bills needs to be ended. But might that take a Constitutional Amendment itself, though? House and Senate Rules are too easy to change.