Re:Let Math Save Our Democracy
by ant6n on Sunday December 06, 2015 @12:07PM
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The problem is that most of the 'compromises' involve agreeing to spend some money in the Congressional district.
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Re:Let Math Save Our Democracy
by jacques_chester on Sunday December 06, 2015 @12:36PM
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Australia's constitution (S54 and S55) requires all appropriations bills to be only about appropriations ("supply", as we call it). Anything else in a money bill causes the entire bill to become invalid.
That and party discipline means that US-style horse-trading is much harder. There's still pork-barrelling, but it's driven by the party's assessment of which seats need to be shored up, rather than every single electorate getting bacon grease, squeaky or not.