Democrats hide radical ideas behind rosy bill titles
by W. James Antle III, Politics Editor |
| March 05, 2021 06:30 AM Congressional Democrats are baking some of their most controversial policy proposals into American-as-apple-pie bill titles as they try to enact a stridently liberal agenda with razor-thin majorities in both houses.
The For the People Act, the Equality Act, and even the American Rescue Act are all innocuous or even noble-sounding bills that polarize the deeply divided Congress and also allow Democrats to portray Republicans as opposing truth, justice, and the American way.
“The best names on legislation tell you what the bill does and why what it does is important,†said Republican strategist John Feehery. “Some names, like the Patriot Act, become unintentionally ironic — is taking away people’s civil liberties really patriotic? Others, like For the People, are completely meaningless because who could be against it? When you go overboard on the rhetoric, it backfires.â€
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