Why is it legal for completely unrelated laws to be tacked on to bills? In most countries this would be called corruption.

I wish that was true. In the EU, in a meeting of agricultural ministers, a clause about software patents (I think) was once added to an otherwise agricultural bill, and it would have passed if Poland hadn't blocked it.

Sneaky trickery like that can happen everywhere, unfortunately (though it does seem to be a lot more common in the US).

This is a good reason for capital punishment for congressmen. I cannot express my feelings in a public forum.

Can't or won't? ;)

Good point. :)

This would be a fine time to write your congress critters and the white house too.

While I hate to argue against this and typically suggest the same, it was the state's (Arizona, surprise!) 2 Senators that added (in to the defense spending bill) the selling off of the land to an foreign mining company after years of lobbying (by said company) attempts to pass this legislation (on its own merit) failed. So don't bother writing to McCain or Flake because they are the one's that created this mess in the first place.

You could write to AZ rep's but a majority of them support this or a similar concept as many lobby to get the Federally protected lands back in to the hands of the state so they can do more of the same...all in the name of short term profits (seemingly for foreign corporations that will do little to actually benefit the state).

I definitely thought this was about the webserver and not the tribe.