Congress just passed a continuing resolution to fund the government at least until September.
So, after September, no more federal government.
Not really, of course, and that's not my point anyway. I digress.
In the middle of that continuing resolution was a provision to allow growers to use genetically modified organisms while the safety of those organisms are being debated by the courts.
Now, that provision may or may not be a good idea, but what about the way it was passed?
We have an important bill, and someone anonymously slips a totally unrelated proviso into it. Special interests love this process, as it is a way to get favorable regulations passed without even identifying the politicians whose hands have been greased to get it passed.
Here's an article about the bill. There are lots more on the internet.
That sums up the problem quite nicely.
