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Turning arguments into rules everyone must obey, one exhausting compromise at a time.
means The process by which legislatures debate, amend, and pass bills into binding law.
from Plain English compound, law plus making, from Old English lagu, a thing laid down, borrowed from Old Norse during Viking rule.
Sausage simileSaid to be best not watched being made.
Bill mortalityMost proposed bills die without becoming law.
Ancient codeHammurabi carved his laws in stone, 1750 BC.