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Tracking the United States Congress
GovTrack.us began in 2004 as a project to use technology to make the U.S. Congress more open and accessible. Today we’re the leading non-governmental source of legislative information and statistics.
How a bill actually becomes a law... in 2020

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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What We’re Watching

PTC Production Tax Credit Elimination Act

This GovTrack A Bill A Minute is about legislation that would end subsidies for wind power production. Is it the right time? The sponsors think so.

Dec 15, 2020 8:51 p.m.

Unplug the Internet Kill Switch Act

In recent years, some countries have been able to cut off Internet access to their residents. Could that happen here? There's currently a law on the books that ...

Dec 11, 2020 6:16 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.