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 »National Education Association Charter Repeal Act would revoke the mostly-Democratic NEA’s federal…
Republicans: big fans of the NRA, not such big fans of the NEA.
Sep 30, 2022 10:29 a.m.
Safe Passage on Interstates Act would criminalize blocking interstate highways
This bill would be bad news for Rain Man.
Sep 29, 2022 11:37 a.m.
SHIP (Small and Homestead Independent Producers) Act would legalize mail shipments of marijuana…
You can legally ship pots and weeds across state lines, but not pot or weed.
Sep 28, 2022 11:19 a.m.
Resolutions to rename the Robert E. Lee National Memorial to Arlington House
In 1955 Congress named the house on the grounds of the Arlington National Cemetery the Robert E. Lee National Memorial to ...
Aug 31, 2022 4:17 p.m.
RAP Act: H.R. 8531: Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022
In this GovTrack #aBillaMinute, we discuss the RAP act (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr8531) with a little inspiration ...
Aug 22, 2022 7:12 p.m.
H.R. 8261: Hotel Advertising Transparency Act
Hotel costs always seem a lot higher when you're settling the bill than when you made the reservation. This bill aims end those ...
Jul 29, 2022 1:20 p.m.
H.R. 5703: Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act
week of 09/26/2022
H.R. 5641: SPEED Recovery Act
week of 09/26/2022
