Top 10 signs you might have a bad bill
This is a retread here on the blog, and it's an appropriate time of the year to post it again.
Top 10 signs you might have a bad bill
10. The bill draft is sent over from the drafter in a hearse.
9. The Bureau of Legislative Research bill drafter calls you up to ask if you really mean it.
8. Lobby firm who brought it to you has business card that reads "Bad-Bills-R-Us."
7. When asked for names of other members who were shopped the bill first, the lobbyist asks how much time you have.
6. You're supplied talking points for the bill that begin: "Arkansans want a bill on this topic real bad – and I have responded to their call with a real bad bill."
5. Your staff draws straws to see who has to work on the bill. The loser starts to cry.
4. You notice buzzards circling outside your Capitol office window every time you pull the bill out to work on it.
3. The Chief Clerk puts on veterinary cow exam gloves before picking up the bill to file it.
2. The lobbyist calls to clarify what they meant when they promised the bill was "agreed-to." It seems they kinda, sorta forgot to mention this really meant that every interest group in the state had agreed to hate the bill.
1. House votes new rule change to allow speaker to reserve a special bill number for your bill: HB 666.
Top 10 signs you might have a bad bill
10. The bill draft is sent over from the drafter in a hearse.
9. The Bureau of Legislative Research bill drafter calls you up to ask if you really mean it.
8. Lobby firm who brought it to you has business card that reads "Bad-Bills-R-Us."
7. When asked for names of other members who were shopped the bill first, the lobbyist asks how much time you have.
6. You're supplied talking points for the bill that begin: "Arkansans want a bill on this topic real bad – and I have responded to their call with a real bad bill."
5. Your staff draws straws to see who has to work on the bill. The loser starts to cry.
4. You notice buzzards circling outside your Capitol office window every time you pull the bill out to work on it.
3. The Chief Clerk puts on veterinary cow exam gloves before picking up the bill to file it.
2. The lobbyist calls to clarify what they meant when they promised the bill was "agreed-to." It seems they kinda, sorta forgot to mention this really meant that every interest group in the state had agreed to hate the bill.
1. House votes new rule change to allow speaker to reserve a special bill number for your bill: HB 666.
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