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This is the standard way of lawmaking, as far as I'm aware. A lobbyist presents a bill to a congressional sponsor, and the congress critter more or less forwar
by phil21 10mo ago
This is the standard way of lawmaking, as far as I'm aware.
A lobbyist presents a bill to a congressional sponsor, and the congress critter more or less forwards it to committee for vote. Perhaps a staffer or two skim it and suggest edits.
Exceedingly few bills are actually initially drafted by elected lawmakers.
- cogman10 10mo agoAt the federal level, AFAIK most bills are ultimately drafted by staffers. Lawmakers very rarely draft the bill, they mostly just signal their intent and let the staffers pound out the details. Not saying there aren't a lot of lobby sponsored bills, but I believe volume wise the staffers are making most of the bills.