About the bill
Presumably the bill’s sponsors also dislike the Bruno Mars song ‘Leave the Door Open.’
Context
In a July speech at the White House, President Joe Biden caused controversy with a remark implying that the push for COVID-19 vaccinations would shift to more of a door to door approach.
“We are continuing to wind down the mass vaccination sites,” Biden said. “Now we need to go to community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood, and oftentimes, door to door — literally knocking on doors — to get help to the remaining people protected from the virus.”
Biden portrayed this as a way to reach people where they already were. “So, as we shift from these centralized mass vaccination sites, where we were doing thousands of people a day, we’re going to put …
Sponsor and status
Madison Cawthorn
Sponsor. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Republican.
117th Congress (2021–2023)
This bill was introduced on July 28, 2021, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
4 Cosponsors (4 Republicans)
History
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Jul 28, 2021
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Introduced
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H.R. 4749 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 4749. This is the one from the 117th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 117th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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