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RussellCattle

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6. Thank you Make 7 - I was off base when I conflated the spending bill with the Covid 19 Relief....

Reply to Make7 (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 28, 2020, 06:11 PM

Dec 2020

....Bill that had been folded into it. I chose not to respond to "Johnny" and his claim of it being only a page or two, which, on face value, is ridiculous. Congress can't do anything without complicating it beyond recognition, which was my point in the first place.

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Please consider that Congress passed a Covid-19 Relief Bill that required 5593 pages of.... [View all] RussellCattle Dec 2020 OP

Read up on this Johnny2X2X Dec 2020 #1

Looks like the Covid-19 related sections are 645 pages. Make7 Dec 2020 #2

Thank you Make7. I've been looking for this information. lamp_shade Dec 2020 #3

Thank you Make 7 - I was off base when I conflated the spending bill with the Covid 19 Relief.... RussellCattle Dec 2020 #6

The end of session bills can get all sorts of unrelated things added to them. Make7 Dec 2020 #8

25 lines per page, about 50 characters per line Klaralven Dec 2020 #4

Why would it be better if it was shorter? cally Dec 2020 #5

Good point. More information is good. Would you say the bill is more likely to be 75% extra...... RussellCattle Dec 2020 #7