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Almost a yearly tradition: https://www.congress.gov/search?q={%22source%22:%22legislation%22,%22search%22:%22daylight%20savings%20time%22}&searchResultViewType=
by baxter001 6y ago
Almost a yearly tradition: https://www.congress.gov/search?q={%22source%22:%22legislation%22,%22search%22:%22daylight%20savings%20time%22}&searchResultViewType=expanded https://www.congress.gov/search?q={%22source%22:%22legislati...
- LaserPineapple 6y agoSo regular, you could set your clocks to it...
- mmcconnell1618 6y agoLooking at the number of bills introduced right at the start of the new congress I'm under the impression that many of these are introduced only so the congressperson can go back and say "I introduced a bill to do ____" and brag about it. https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22congress%22%3A%22117%22%7D&pageSize=100&page=1 https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22source%22%3A%22legis... It would be interesting to data mine these and see how effective certain legislators are at just introducing bills compared to actually getting them passed.
- licyeus 6y agoGovtrack tracks this and compiles report cards that (mostly) reveal what you're looking for, e.g., its reports on Bills Introduced, Bills Out of Committee, and Laws Enacted [1]. The 2020 report cards should come out sometime this month. 1 - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2019/house https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2019/h...
- koheripbal 6y agoThis is why we should remove any "legislation introduced" posts - as a blanket rule. It might as well say "so and so said...". It's worthless news.
- dang 6y agoYes, it's a point of HN case law: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20bills&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...