Reply #29: Two things, one you will like the other you will not.

[Bluenorthwest]

First off, I am a media professional, and let me tell you, everybody will explain to me how the media works. I am not allowed to tell them how to run a dry cleaners or be a plumber, and they will scoff if I offer an opinion about their line of work. But I can state an exact fact from the media business, and be simply ignored. Even when I explain my own business actions to others, as in 'I'm doing this because X is true' most people will just say to me 'I don't think X is true'. I say ok, but I make my money by being right about this, and have since I was 20. Still, they are sure I am wrong about the media, because of things they have heard, in the media. So it is fairly common to have others utterly reject one's expertise, no matter how proven (I was world wide known, still am really) and no matter how lacking in experience they might be.
The thing you will not like is a question I learned to ask in my business. You are an attorney working in the field in question. How will this bill impact you financially? Would a bill more beloved by what you call the 'far left' have impacted your money in a different way, and if so, in what ways?
The thing is, a person's bread gets turned toward the butter side. That is human nature. So if this bill makes you money, then there it is. Butter up. If it does not, then that is a different thing. Would you support a bill that would harm your bottom line?