Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-02 23:44:16 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D4EA906BE64F0CFDAF46E90CE6B806739F575C8D52AB9E5C7CF82FCD9A650D58
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Original Note:
A tactic in politics is to put a partisan issue into a non partisan bill and claim the opposition opposes the non partisan section. In the PACT act, the bill provided veterans benefits but also $400 billion in non veteran related spending. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3967/text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_spending_bill#:~:text=An%20omnibus%20spending%20bill%20is,in%20each%20house%20of%20Congress. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/politics/pact-act-burn-pits-legislation-cnntv/index.html
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