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Legislative Bundling: Ho Ho Woe  Saturday, December 17, 2011    This time of year many children look forward to Santa's bundle of joy. For voters, however, Congress  continues to deliver bundles of woe.    This week Congress was able to agree on a spending bill to keep the government running.  But action on  payroll taxes and unemployment benefits was delayed because some members wanted to include  language on an oil pipeline. Regardless of your position on either issue, bundling two unrelated issues  into one legislative action makes no sense – unless you're Congress.    So why does Congress bundle laws? From my point of view there are two reasons: to hide provisions  that couldn't be enacted on their own and to hold legislation hostage to political gamesmanship. Doing  away with legislative bundling is an important step in attacking waste, fraud, and abuse. But you won't  hear Congress discuss bundling because they do it for their own benefit and aggrandizement.    Only Congress can create legislation. The President's role in the process is to approve or veto laws as  written by Congress. The President can encourage Congress to craft legislation in such a way that it will  be signed into law, and there are members of Congress that will do the President's bidding. But it is  Congress that ultimately controls the process and the product.    One argument for bundling is workload, but that rings hollow. First, there are already too many laws and  provisions on the books. The Financial Times commented that the "lunatic complexity of the U.S. tax  code is proof of legislative incompetence." Bundling adds complexity and strife. Second, Congress  shouldn't feel compelled to legislate solely to appear active and mustn't act solely for political gain.  Instead, new laws should be enacted judiciously and antiquated laws retired immediately.    So I propose that Congress curtail its legislative activism. A big step in that direction is to reduce the  number of committees and subcommittees so as to produce more concise, coordinated laws that  remain true to each committee's charter and focused on single areas.    If you want to change the tax code, change it. If you want energy diversification, get on with it. But have  the courage and wisdom to craft laws that stand on their own – rather than cobble together elves and  goblins that sneak down the chimney.   

  Mark Gibson is the independent moderate candidate  for Virginia's 11th Congressional District 

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The Financial Times commented that the "lunatic complexity of the U.S. tax. code is proof of legislative incompetence." Bundling adds complexity and strife. Second, Congress. shouldn't feel compelled to legislate solely to appear active and mustn't act solely for political gain. Instead, new laws should be enacted judiciously ...

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