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|style="font-size:1.1em;"| A ''vagonchik'' (Russian: a | |style="font-size:1.1em;"| A ''vagonchik'' (Russian: a ‘little wagon, trailer, carriage, or Gypsy caravan’, plural ''vagonchiki'') is an amendment proposed to alter a piece of draft legislation (a bill) during legislative passage that does not relate to the concept of the original bill. Such changes that are not germane to the main bill as submitted are made simply to pass a particular legal change, rather than to enhance the main bill; the latter is, therefore, treated purely instrumentally – as a convenient vehicle to which the ''vagonchik'' can be attached. Metaphorically, therefore, a ''vagonchik'' is an amendment ‘wagon’ that ‘hitches a ride’ with the main bill into law (Krutz 2001). | ||
The term is used in relation to the law-making process in the Russian State Duma – the lower chamber of the two-chamber national parliament, the Federal Assembly. As a term relating to a small detail of the law-making process, the term ''vagonchik'' is not used widely. However, the practice is synonymous with the use of ‘riders’ in the US – ‘additions to a bill that are not germane to its original content’ (Gilbert 2006: 836). | The term is used in relation to the law-making process in the Russian State Duma – the lower chamber of the two-chamber national parliament, the Federal Assembly. As a term relating to a small detail of the law-making process, the term ''vagonchik'' is not used widely. However, the practice is synonymous with the use of ‘riders’ in the US – ‘additions to a bill that are not germane to its original content’ (Gilbert 2006: 836). | ||