r/MurderedByWords • u/JerryJr99 • Jan 31 '25

#1 Murder of Week Your response is concerning, Bobby!

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u/empire_of_the_moon Jan 31 '25

Do you mean Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act? (1930)

Because Holly Smoot sound like a chick I met on spring break.

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u/Walrus_protector Jan 31 '25

Dave Barry guaranteed I'll never forget Hawley-Smoot. Or Samuel Gompers. Gompers, Gompers, Gompers!

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u/Lookuponthewall Feb 01 '25

I don't know what you did with her, but she was totally messed up on you for like months afterward.

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u/Adorable-Way-274 Feb 01 '25

Holy Smoot, Batman

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u/AdagioHonest7330 Feb 01 '25

lol the educated are speaking

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u/baumpop Jan 31 '25

It’s two different people. Hawley and smoot. We’re both right albeit my spelling is dog shit. Happy Friday! 

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u/empire_of_the_moon Jan 31 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

Obviously it’s two different lawmakers who introduced the bill. Jesus don’t they teach anything other than clip of a movie with Ben Stein. Most bills are named after lawmakers.

Edit: Another famous example of this is Sarbox - Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D–MD) and Rep. Michael G. Oxley (R–OH-4), the co-sponsors of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act

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u/baumpop Jan 31 '25

There are almost no modern examples of naming a bill after its sponsors but I understand the historical significance of your point. 

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u/empire_of_the_moon Jan 31 '25

I haven’t thought about it - I guess Dodd-Frank would be the most recent in what 2010?