In Omnibus Bills, Americans Get Rolled

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The Federalist : In Omnibus Bills, Americans Get Rolled

Call it logrolling, call it cronyism—the important point is that omnibus legislation such as the recently passed spending and tax bills is bad for America.

By Matthew Mitchell and Adam Michel DECEMBER 23, 2015

 

At the dawn of the Republic, James Madison famously warned against the “violence of faction,” and asserted that our Constitution—his Constitution—would cure its ills. “If a faction consists of less than a majority,” he asserted in Federalist 10, “relief is supplied by the republican principle, which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote. It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society; but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution.”

 

It was a nice try. But history, unfortunately, has proven Madison wrong. The recently passed “omnibus” spending and tax bills show us how.