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This was a bill in the last (117th) congress, which is now over. Presumably it wasn't passed, since the only action under "Actions" is "Introduced in Senate" o
by jp57 4y ago
This was a bill in the last (117th) congress, which is now over. Presumably it wasn't passed, since the only action under "Actions" is "Introduced in Senate" on 4/29/2021.
Is this a thing still? Is someone trying to reintroduce it in the new congress?
ps — FYI unpassed bills in the US Congress die at the end of each Congress and must be reintroduced and go through the entire passage process anew to become law in a subsequent congress.
- BitwiseFool 4y agoCynically, we also need to ask if this is merely a feel good bill that was introduced knowing full-well the Senate was never going to pass it, much less deliberate on it.
- whatshisface 4y agoI think every bill that doesn't get passed is like that, because most of the deliberation goes on in committees. If you look at the history of how the constitution came to exist you'd find out that it has worked like that since before Congress in its present form existed. I wouldn't be cynical about it though, because advertising a bill to an audience of legislators (and to the public through things like posting a link to it on HN) puts the ideas in people's heads and has an unquantifiable effect on making it happen in the future.
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- snowwrestler 4y agoMost bills are introduced to Congress with little expectation they will pass. The “cosponsors” tab is illuminating. Bills on track for actual consideration by a committee (the first real step) will typically have several to many cosponsors. Bills that aren’t—like this one—typically have few to zero.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> Most bills are introduced to Congress with little expectation they will pass This is in part a trial balloon. If a draft is floated and canned, and nobody hears either way about it, that says something. If a vocal minority flips out, on the other hand, that makes it a priority: you've found new group to engage.
- PopAlongKid 4y ago>the Senate was never going to pass it, much less deliberate on it. Deliberation is the easier first step, actually passing it is harder and comes later. I think the correct use of the idiom here would be "the Senate was never going to deliberate on it, much less pass it".
- codazoda 4y agoI noticed, on another bill, that congress.gov was slow in updating a bill. There was more up-to-date information on Twitter. Edit: Unfortunately, I can't find my old comment on the thread that shows which bill and the specific tweet that was better than the official site.
- jp57 4y agoMaybe, but the 117th Congress is over. If this is reintroduced it would be a new bill with a new number.