One thing that you never see and hear in Washington, D.C. is somebody looking at a piece of legislation and saying “have you lost weight?” That’s certainly not the case with the immigration reform legislation:
https://twitter.com/watersandhood/status/346730059450683392
President Clinton taking healthy eating too far RT @DRUDGE_REPORT: Bill weighs 24 pounds… http://t.co/IpY57RA7l2
— Toby Harnden (@tobyharnden) June 17, 2013
The Senate's Immigration bill is 1075 pages and weighs 24 lbs. How much does the 33,000 page Obamacare law weigh?
— Michael Leonardo (@Soshajustis) June 17, 2013
#Immigration Bill Weighs 24 Pounds!http://t.co/0SCmJBvvNE #tcot
— SJ (@pienews1) June 17, 2013
Senate to pass immigration bill with over '70 votes'…
'Disaster'…
Bill weighs 24 pounds…
Heaviest since Obamacare…
— Oligarch Kabuki (@HouseCracka) June 17, 2013
That weight does not include 448 pages of amendments that have been filed, according to the Washington Times.
When it comes to pork-filled legislation, forget about passing it to find out what’s in it—we only need to weigh it to find out what’s in it.
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