How were lawmakers able to sneak this into the big appropriations bill? Its common for lawmakers to force bills through Congress by attaching them to larger must-pass legislation. The practice is part of the wheeling and dealing that allows Republicans and Democrats to come to agreement on major legislation. But, Greenberger says, putting these substantive provisions in appropriations bills is very, very dangerous stuff…If you want a controversial provision in there that you couldnt get in under regular order, this is the way to do it. He adds, Then the president has problems vetoing it because the government will shut down. Its a bad way to do business. If Congress approves this measure, what does it mean for economic populism? Economic populism is alive and well, Greenberger maintains. Its just that nobody in leadership wants to take advantage of it, whether theyre Republican or Democrat. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle worked to push the Citi-written provision into the spending bill.
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