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The amendment below is a good example of adding baggage to a bill that is unnecessary. While it appears in this case as a minor modification to HR 7321 and is accompanied by a nearly unanimous vote in the affirmative, amendments are a political habit that needs to be eradicated or severely revised. Politicians contend it is the only way to get bills passed under certain conditions. The view from this blog is if a bill cannot be passed without the addition of one or more amendments it is critically flawed and should not pass if unacceptable on its own.Quite often reports on the outcome of legislation or its force and effect is criticized due to amendments effectively rewriting the original bill and its intention. This seems to give politicians the cover they love for appearing to act in the public’s best interest when the fact is their regular shell game to distract and confuse the issue was their real intent..All of the unnecessary wrangling present in the legislative process produces waste and ineffective or simply bad legislation. The abuse of the amendment process is just another example of politicians being politicians. They have never presented a valid argument for the use or abuse of amendments. It would be an amazing feat if they could bring themselves to limit the size and scope of each bill to focus on a central theme or primary objective and allow the measure to succeed or fail on its own merits without all the kabuki dancing that serves no valid purpose but to advance political careers.Stanford Matthews
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Amendments For H.R.7321