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kevin_thibedeau on Dec 20, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: US Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted

Legislators tend to not write the laws anymore. They just take the copy the lobby groups have prepared in advance and submit it as a bill. Congressmen don't even bother to read the laws they vote for.

emodendroket on Dec 20, 2017 [–]

They do not literally write the laws in most cases but I don't see how that affects the argument.

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