Sometimes that's how important policies move. Like the. The reason the sage grouse isn't a listed species is because of a rider on the appropriations bill that doesn't fund it. The Hyde amendment that keeps federal dollars from being spent on abortions is a rider to appropriations bills. So sometimes that's how Congress makes a simple bill less simple, and sometimes that's how we get really important things in. (02:11–02:19)
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