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Re:Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on muni... by briffle on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:29AM (#27539952)
Even that would be fine, we would still see that Representative Smith inserted the language into the bill. Its the person that has merge permissions into the main branch that has the accountability
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Re:Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on muni... by catblast01 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:52PM (#27563250)
This solves what, exactly? We already know bill sponsors, the provenance of bills is generally not a problem in the US. All the regulatory capture and pork usually happens in the open already.
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