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In legislative procedure, a rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, which may or may not have much, if any, connection with the subject matter of the bill.
Bill Rider, a former Marine who served in Vietnam, was honored for his work with American Combat Veterans of War. He shares his story of healing from Post Traumatic Stress and helping other veterans with moral and spiritual injuries.
Rider bills are additional provisions added to original bills or resolutions in Congress, often to pass controversial or unrelated laws. Learn how rider bills are used, what problems they cause, and how some states and presidents have tried to limit them.
Graham Greene shares the healing journey of Purple Heart recipient and Vietnam veteran SGT Bill Rider on the 2018 National Memorial Day Concert.
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May 28, 2018 · Bill Rider remembers an early experience with what would much later be diagnosed as post-traumatic stress and what led him to start a non-profit, American Combat Veterans of War, to help...
Dec 1, 2015 · When appropriation bills sail through Congress, lawmakers often stow policy riders inside. This way, they can achieve policy victories that would have little chance of becoming law on their own....
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The thinking is, if members can manage to get their policy priority into the must-pass bill, other MoCs will have to support it because they want to avoid a shutdown. These are called policy riders—because they “ride” on top of a must-pass bill.
