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Letter: Untangle legislation so it's clear what people are for and against

To the Daily Herald editor:

When developing federal legislation, why is it necessary to package so many things together? There are climate change initiatives, child care tax credits, pre-K care, Medicare enhancements, affordable housing, corporate tax rates, prescription drug provisions, union organizing rules, all packed into one bill?

So, if you're against $550 billion of climate change initiatives, then you are automatically against child care or lowering drug prices?

Why don't they separate out these dozens of different things into separate bills? So, if you're for lower prescription drug prices or child care, but against union organizing rules or charging stations, then you can vote yes or no for each provision.

Under the current system, legislators can be criticized for being against provisions they would support, like Medicare enhancements, but they are tied into provisions they don't support, like building 500,000 charging stations for electric cars.

This is clearly a strategy to get things approved that would not stand on their own.

I encourage legislators to separate these provisions from one bill into several. Then we can see what people are truly for and no one can be accused of hurting grandma for opposing a provision that has nothing to do with grandma.

John Behof

Kildeer

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