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		malandrew on Aug 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The U.S. Senate has blocked the Cybersecurity Act ... I'm starting to think that completely unrelated riders may be far more effective than filibustering. Don't like a proposed law? Pad it with enough crap until everyone thinks it stinks.

chipser on Aug 2, 2012 [–]

Killing a bill with unpopular amendments is indeed a time-honored tradition in legislatures everywhere.

caf on Aug 3, 2012 | | [–]

I'm not so sure. In most legislatures, if you have the numbers to move an unpopular amendment, you also have the numbers to defeat the original bill.

aaronblohowiak on Aug 2, 2012 | | [–]

...and then you can say "so and so voted AGAIST GRANDMOTHERS!!!"

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