This is a bad rule for many reasons. but the most important reason is that it prevents the American people from having a clear vote on how their Representatives stand on the matter of aid to the Contras. The vote should provide a clear answer to the question. "Are you for or against aid to the Contras?" The rule before us does not permit a simple answer to this question. Instead. we are presented with alternatives that are padded with various development programs. refugee aid. and time release formulas for socalled humanitarian and military Contra aid. The qualifiers and modifiers in these alternatives seem designed to confuse the issue for the American people. There is enough in each of these proposals to rationalize a position for almost any audience.