In practice, this process enables Congress to shift accountability for the details of the legislation they approve, blaming the unelected bureaucracy of federal agencies for the cost of the policy.

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In practice, getting this process to work is one part science and two parts cookery.

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''Discrimination in the recruitment process is against the law, but it still happens in practice quite a lot.

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