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Our legislation is framed and initiated by a great many committees, deliberating in secret, whose proposals are seldom debated and only perfunctorily judged by the sovereign legislative body.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Our legislation is framed and initiated by a great many committees, deliberating in secret, whose proposals are seldom…”
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Wilson points out the fragmented nature of American legislation, which is often initiated by multiple committees.
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