While we are all busily searching for more opportunities to feel outraged on the subject of refugees, the situation is being used by all kinds of folks to sneak by measures that will benefit them:
A leaked recording made of a conference call posted by the Edison Electric Institute, which lobbies for the power industry, reveals lobbyists for high pollution talking about how they can exploit the Syrian refugee crisis to get a rider inserted into a pending bill that would kill the EPA’s Waters of the United States rule, which protects America’s waterways from pollution.
The participants on the EEI call appeared eager to use the refugee fight to distract the administration.
Didn’t I say from the very start that the refugee drama is a non-issue that is being exploited for its emotional potential as a way to distract everybody from the really important stuff going on?
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This is the American way of politics. The refusal of Congress to place limits on the ability to attach unrelated amendments to bills is what enables this to work. Congressmen argue that the ability to place these amendments is just part of the legislative process. Critics argue that this practice allows Congressmen to lie to constituents about what they are doing and is critical to Congressional overspending. The extreme bills are call “Christmas tree bills”, as they include “gifts” for everyone except voters.
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