Gun control and credit cards
From the NYT:
"President Obama will this week sign into law a provision allowing visitors to national parks and refuges to carry loaded and concealed weapons."
It seems that this provision is added to the "Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act" ("the Credit CARD Act", yes someone spent waaay to much time on this title). So in the end I guess I can agree with everything in this bill: Credit companies cannot jack up my rates and law-abiding citizens can carry a gun in a national park.
But that's not the reason I'm posting this.
Why is it allowed under Congress rules or US law to tack on completely unrelated riders to bills? Now Democrats who are in favor of gun control cannot vote this down because it would mean they have to vote against the credit card bill as well. And this happens all the time, especially with military appropriations bills, I understand.
This doesn't make any sense to me at all...
"President Obama will this week sign into law a provision allowing visitors to national parks and refuges to carry loaded and concealed weapons."
It seems that this provision is added to the "Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act" ("the Credit CARD Act", yes someone spent waaay to much time on this title). So in the end I guess I can agree with everything in this bill: Credit companies cannot jack up my rates and law-abiding citizens can carry a gun in a national park.
But that's not the reason I'm posting this.
Why is it allowed under Congress rules or US law to tack on completely unrelated riders to bills? Now Democrats who are in favor of gun control cannot vote this down because it would mean they have to vote against the credit card bill as well. And this happens all the time, especially with military appropriations bills, I understand.
This doesn't make any sense to me at all...