Haley Sweetland-Edwards

The Shadowy, Byzantine Process of Political Rule-Making

Between the fiscal cliff and sequestration, bemoaning Washington bureaucracy is almost a cliché these days. Getting a bill signed into law seems like quite a victory, but for major legislation, like the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Affordable Care Act, getting the president’s signature doesn’t automatically set the entire law […]

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