For Christmas Tree Bill we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Advocacy and Campaign Finance.

Christmas Tree Bill (Advocacy)

Informal nomenclature for a bill on the Senate floor that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments. The amendments that adorn the bill may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.

Christmas Tree Bill (Campaign Finance)

A piece of legislation that includes an assortment of special provisions -- e.g., tax breaks, subsidies, regulatory exemptions -- often incorporated in the bill for the benefit of lawmakers' campaign contributors. One such provision, contained in the 1986 Tax Reform Act, granted a tax exemption to a single company (Phillips Petroleum) identified only as a "corporation incorporated on June 13, 1917, which has its principal place of business in Bartlesville, Oklahoma."

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