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lotu on Nov 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backi...

Just make lots of short bills instead, or make a sort bill granting vast regulatory authority to another group. Congressmen are clever and they will get around arbitrary restrictions like that.

angelbob on Nov 18, 2011 [–]

If they have to individually pass 10 15-page bills to get 150 pages of legislation passed, that's still progress.

andrewflnr on Nov 18, 2011 | [–]

Right. It will create friction discouraging frivolous legislation, and is almost equivalent to a line-item veto.

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