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Title legislation accurately to portray the bill's actual intent and never include unassociated earmarks.

Created by S.C. on January 04, 2013

Congress presents legislation with an intent to remedy or improve a specific issue. Often the original intent becomes secondary when legislators tack on a perk for their state in exchange for a supporting vote. This is an earmark. Instead of creating a new bill addressing these perks for the states, a well intentioned bill gets edited to include more than originally intended. The vote is not truly on the original intention, but whether or not to receive perks for a state. This system of allowing additional agreements inside a clearly defined bill is causing confusion and animosity. Keep legislation at face value and stop hiding perks and earmarks inside legislation that was not created for them.

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