(12-19-2024, 06:54 PM)Jag149 Wrote:

(12-19-2024, 06:05 PM)mikesez Wrote: It used to be that way. 
But since about 2010, Congress only sends like four or five bills to the President's desk a year. So they cram a lot of stuff into those. They want as little yays and nays as possible to give the party extremists as little ammunition as possible when primary time comes.

Not buying that. They may be doing it but it certainly has been taken to an extreme.  The original bill was 1547 pages, heck the table of contents is 13 pages. Got a copy, plan to compare to this slimmed down one.

Can see it here if you want and save the PDF to you computer  ...
https://legiscan.com/US/text/HB10445/2023

I would be interested in opinions on this section
TITLE VI—PANDEMIC AND ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS AND

It's probably stuff they're going to pass later.

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The fat bill was negotiated with Democrats in the Senate.
The new slim bill was not.
Democrats remain in control of the Senate for another 12 days. They might go along with this slim bill, but I wouldn't count on it.
Control of the Senate flips on January 1 but Biden remains until January 20. He might not want to play ball either.

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