As Matt Yglesias and others have observed, the main reason Congress ends up passing everything in 'Christmas Tree' bills is Senator Rand Paul blocks everything as single item bills.
Reposted from
Brian Tyler Cohen
Pretty wild that Elon’s debut as president elect was to strip funding for pediatric cancer research from the spending bill, only to watch the Senate have to pass it as a standalone bill. His first move was to fuck over kids with cancer.
Comments