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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Make Billionaires Pay Act: H R 8020 + S 4490
The covid-19 pandemic has hit different parts of the US very different. Many folks on the lower end of the economic scale have lost huge amounts of income ...
Nov 18, 2020 7:20 p.m.
In response to Trump’s controversial Postal Service head Louis DeJoy, Nonpartisan Postmaster…
Right now, basically anybody can be nominated to run the U.S. Postal Service, but should there should be limits on who can serve in the…
Nov 17, 2020 12:23 p.m.
As Trump administration considers first US nuclear test since 1992, No Nuclear Testing Without…
Should there be legislative greenlighting necessary for nuclear weapons testing, which is currently controlled by the executive branch?
Nov 16, 2020 10:53 a.m.
Constitutional amendment would ban any potential new states like District of Columbia or Puerto…
Should the Senate be capped at 100 members, the way the House has been capped at 435 since 1929?
Nov 12, 2020 5:47 p.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.
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.
H.R. 5408: Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act
week of 11/16/20
H.R. 7990: FENTANYL Results Act
week of 11/16/20
H.R. 7276: East Africa Locust Eradication Act
week of 11/16/20
