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November 11, 2008

Seeing the other person's side

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Site News
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Sometimes I get really frustrated with politics, which has become so much about denying, oppressing, and outspending the other viewpoint rather than debate and consensus. GovTrack received this question through the bill Q&A system:

Why does anyone think our government has the right to allow women to murder their children?  What can be done to ensure this bill never passes?

and it just makes me want to shut the site down and move on with life. Read it all..

November 8, 2008

What happens when the clock strikes 2009?

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Site News
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Now that we’ve passed election season, things are pretty much wrapping up in the legislative branch. The House has already adjourned and will start a new session on January 3, 2009, according to the resolution H. Con. Res. 440. The Senate is still in session and will meet this month, but without the House they will probably not push any measures forward. Read it all..

November 1, 2008

GovTrack hits 50,000 registered users

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Site News
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The Good Night rip We’ve hit the 50,000 mark, the number of people that have created an account on the site to configure their trackers and get email updates. More updates coming in a few weeks.

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October 17, 2008

If the House version is defeated, does the Senate bill die too?

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Questions
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Legends of the Fall dvdrip Q:”What happens to an approved Senate bill with respect to an identical House bill? If the House version is defeated, does the bill end?”

This is a great legislative process question. Let me rephrase it: What are companion bills and how do they work?

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Economic Stimulus Bill details

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Legislation In The News
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You probably already noticed from the note at the top of the site, but just to archive it: here are some links related to the economic stimulus bill that was enacted this month (and then failed to do any good, apparently).

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September 28, 2008

"Writing" versus "Sponsoring", and who decides what gets a vote?

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Questions
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Here’s another legislative process Q&A post. We tackle two questions in this post. Here’s the first:

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September 25, 2008

Utah Senator Crusades for Bureaucratic Gobbledygook

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Analysis
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This post by Coby Logen (a pseudonym), who blogs on government website matters at .govWatch and has worked to improve government websites for the past five years, is syndicated here with permission.Thanks Coby!

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Senator Bennett from Utah is single-handedly quashing the most commonsense, bi-partisan bill this year–a requirement that the U.S. government write clear, concise, and intelligible English. And he is doing so based on a misreading of the bill.

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September 18, 2008

What Does "Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably" mean?

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Questions
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Using the new Q&A tool, a visitor asked (here

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What does “Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably” mean?

GovTrack tries to answer. Read on… Read it all..

September 9, 2008

Welcome to GovTrack's Fourth Year

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Site News
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If you’ve been here before August, you surely have noticed already the most obvious recent change. But besides the visual refresh, there are a number of new things here at GovTrack, and more planned. Read on for details. Read it all..

July 6, 2008

Questions and Answers: Your questions, your answers!

Author: Josh Tauberer - Categories: Site News
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Last week I added a new feature to GovTrack called Community Q&A. It was inspired by a question I received by mail (the subject of my last blog post). If one person that has a question actually took the time to email, then there must be hundreds of other questions you all have but haven’t asked. Read it all..