New Rule

Any Amendment to a piece of legislation is nullified if its sponsor votes against the final bill. The Congress should adopt this. I don't see why you should get to change a bill or contribute to it if you don't ultimately vote for it. Congress has such broad authority to set its own rules that I don't see how this rule wouldn't be fine constitutionally, and I just don't see any philosophical objection to it. Republicans put earmarks in bills they vote against. They got big changes made to the stimulus, and the health-care bills, etc. It should be simple: you don't vote for a bill, your contributions to that bill are void. And maybe you also don't get to be in the conference committee. Whatever. If you don't vote for a bill, it doesn't belong to you, at all.