It’s because Congress doesn’t have a single subject rule.
43 states have it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-subject_rule
E: There are some good reasons why Congress doesn’t have it. First, Congress does soooooo much stuff that it might be utterly impossible to do it one subject at a time. That’s why we have omnibus bills for things such as spending, which includes the budgets of all or most federal departments. Along with reconciliation and appropriations bills, it’s how a lot of business gets done and how compromises are made. A single subject rule would clear up a lot of the pork, but night just grind things to a hault just by the shear number of bills that would have to be written, debated, and voted.
Another reason is that it opens a whole new category of litigation as to whether or not the title of the bill matches the subject of the bill; the standard is one of whether the title alone would give fair notice as to the range of subject matter in the bill.
One of America’s dumbest legislative mechanics.
Oh silly you. This bill is called free soda for all because it’s trying to free this dog that happens to be named soda.
It’s wild this is even allowed in your country. You’d think a bill should relate to a single topic or area so you can actually vote on it, and people can easily see how reps voted on certain topics.
Right?
A single subject.
But if they did that, how else would they be able to get money for some random project in their district. Or tack on something everyone is against because the optics of going against the stop Stop Child Rape bill are so bad.
If there is no answer for “how does this help a politician?” then it’s probably not going to happen.
any irl examples of this?
- The Patriot Act - is about increasing government surveillance
- EARN IT - is about adding backdoors to encryption and increasing government monitoring of internet traffic.
- Kids Online Safety Act - is about internet censorship and platform liability.
- The Inflation Reduction Act - is about taxes and climate.
- Unborn Victims of Violence Act - you can probably guess what this is about.
- Working Families Flexibility Act - is about changing overtime and vacation benefits and giving employers flexibility in when they allow their employees to redeem them.
Unborn Victims of Violence Act
Abortion? Lmfao they called it that? x⸑x
If it wasn’t America I would guess it was to protect future generations of kids in war zones.
It has a specific exception for abortion but was largely a ploy to elevate fetuses legal status to a party capable of being wronged under federal law and so lay the groundwork for future challenges to abortion. The pretense was that violent crimes against pregnant women should get punished more harshly because there’s two victims.
Turns out they didn’t need it, they could just pack the courts and get what they wanted without all the trouble.
Indiana SB52.
It’s claimed to promote the local economy.
It actually just bans bus rapid transit in Indianapolis.
It’s claimed to have the support of the businesses and the people living in the area.
It actually has no support outside of Andy Mohr Auto Group.
I don’t think I can think of something stupider than banning busses in a city (if I’m reading this right)
https://fox59.com/news/bill-trying-to-stop-blue-line-headed-for-third-reading-in-senate/
Bus rapid transit uses dedicated lanes for the busses, which is what they’re banning. State senator Aaron Freeman is the one behind it and he’s a complete moron.
They’re also not banning it statewide. The law applies to all cities with a consolidated city-county government… Which is decided by state law… Which has been changed over the years so it only applies to Indianapolis.
Oh, they also announced a “compromise” with the city a few weeks ago! In exchange for changing nothing, they also agreed to prevent the city from banning rights on red downtown!
Sure, the pedestrian fatality rate is through the roof and prohibiting rights on red would do a lot to bring it down, but can you imagine how horrible it is to make a driver wait an extra three seconds at a stoplight?!
This has been a friendly message from the same party that also decided back in 1985 that the city would no longer build any new sidewalks or street lights.
And the same party that signed into law RFRA.
And the same party that’s trying to both ban gay marriage and refuse transgender recognition.
