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Logrolling is the process by which politicians trade support for one issue or piece of legislation in exchange for another politician's support, especially by means of legislative votes (Holcombe 2006 [5]). If a legislator logrolls, he initiates the trade of votes for one particular act or bill in order to secure votes on behalf of another act ...
While members of Congress often use riders to attempt to kill a piece of legislation, "omnibus bills are pursued in order to get something passed." [5] The phrase "and for other purposes" is frequently included within bills, even if a rider is not initially attached, so as to permit riders unrelated to the original legislation to be added later.
The word hodge-podge colloquially is not slang but rather a synonym for a jumble or mishmash. The hotchpot rule also applies to cross-border insolvency where bankruptcy proceedings are taking place in more than one jurisdiction with respect to the same debtor. [ 10 ]
Georgia’s Senate voted 33-21 on Monday to pass a bill that would give legislators a veto over significant regulations imposed by the executive branch, a move that has hampered safety efforts and ...
The new Dept. of Government Efficiency, headed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, will recommend a variety of ways to cut government spending by 5% to 10%, leaving it to Congress to pass such cuts through ...
A TIME analysis found that nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued mirror or partially mirror proposals from Project 2025.
Vote trading is the practice of voting in the manner another person wishes on a bill, position on a more general issue, or favored candidate in exchange for the other person's vote in the manner one wishes on another position, proposal, or candidate.
The single-subject rule is a rule in the constitutional law of some jurisdictions that stipulates that some or all types of legislation may deal with only one main issue. One purpose is to avoid complexity in acts, to avoid any hidden provisions that legislators or voters may miss when reading the proposed law.