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Serioussurfaholic 2 points ago +2 / -0

Here is a treehouse link for you:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/12/21/house-voting-today-on-5600-page-pork-filled-covid-package-no-one-has-read-mcconnell-wants-unanimous-consent/#more-206333

Go back through the other posts in the tags on that article for other good stuff on this bill and how this works.

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Serioussurfaholic 1 point ago +1 / -0

K street lobbyists write it on behalf of their paying clients, some corporate, some countries.

Then it gets passed to interns in congress, who clean up the language and add the personal pork for senators and reps for their districts. Then the congress critters pass it.

Been happening for decades now. Conservative Treehouse is one place that has always kept an eye on this and did a great breakdown after Trump got elected about why this would freak out our kleptocracy and the uniparty that keeps it going.

Basically, when we lucked out and managed to get TRUMP in office, that put all the legislation on hold. because K street and everyone else in on this game had nothing available that Trump would pass. This hurt their bottom line and pissed them off.

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deleted 1 point ago +1 / -0