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Concerns are raised regarding the lack of transparency in the 114th Congress concerning Senate Resolution 173. Audio clips of Senator Inhofe show the Senate using unanimous consent to bypass the reading of the resolution's title or content, making it difficult for the public to identify the subject of the legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used the legal term "vitiate" to quietly strip an amendment from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have protected citizens from indefinite detention. The hosts explain that "vitiate" serves as a code word for destroying the legal validity of a provision, allowing controversial measures to be removed without public outcry.
