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.
Read the story of The Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act »Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making Act would require federal environmental…
Currently, nearly half the federal environmental lawsuits are filed in a “reliably pro-environment” California-based court circuit.
Dec 3, 2020 2:08 p.m.
TREAT Act would allow physicians’ telehealth licenses be temporarily reciprocated across all 50…
Should a doctor only be allowed to practice in their own home state?
Dec 2, 2020 11:49 a.m.
19 states allow public schools to hit kids as punishment; Protecting Our Students in Schools Act…
Is it past time to end this practice nationwide?
Dec 1, 2020 12:09 p.m.
H.R. 8228 Our Lawn Act
In this GovTrack A Bill A Minute, we review the Our Lawn Act, a bill in response to President Trump's decision to hold the Republican National Convention at the ...
Nov 25, 2020 11:09 p.m.
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.
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.
H.R. 3884: MORE Act of 2019
week of 11/30/20
S. 212: Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2019
week of 11/30/20
S. 914: Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2020
week of 11/30/20
H.R. 4153: Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act
week of 11/30/20
H.R. 6395: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
week of 12/07/20
