Middle school social studies textbooks and Schoolhouse Rock songs paint a stereotypical portrait of how congressional legislation gets passed. But in real life, the story of how federal laws actually get enacted usually proves far more complex. To examine how, GovTrack Insider browsed through all the laws enacted by Congress in 2019–20, looking for one that seemed both particularly interesting and undercovered by national media.
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How did the Senate vote on the current Supreme Court justices’ prior judicial nominations?
by GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse Rifkin
Nov 4, 2020 11:54 a.m.
Three Bills about the 2020 election
Every election is unique, but they don't always have the kind of potential difficulties that this one has had. We discuss three bills/resolutions in Congress that ...
Nov 2, 2020 8:44 p.m.
Five House Republicans voted against a resolution committing to a peaceful transfer of…
The overwhelming majority of Republicans supported the resolution, but not all of them.
Nov 2, 2020 10:33 a.m.
Two bills federalizing election rules
This GovTrack A Bill A Minute is about two different bills in Congress, one from each party, which if passed, would override state laws on elections.
Oct 30, 2020 4:10 p.m.
Amid shortage, Poll Worker Recruitment Act would let poll workers serve anywhere in their state…
Letting them leap from one town to another would be quite the poll vault.
Oct 30, 2020 11:10 a.m.
S4292 Saving American History Act
The 1619 Project, a 2019 series of essays on the role of slavery in U.S. history and present has sparked fierce debate on the extent to which slavery can be ...
Oct 27, 2020 4:07 p.m.
