Update: Adding Bill Summaries
Last month we began adding original summaries of select legislation introduced in this Congress. Civic engagement in the legislative process requires not only that the public have access to legislation...
View ArticleHow Members of Congress Use GovTrack
Members of Congress nowadays use numerous tools to inform the voting public about their opinions and activities. They tweet, post on Facebook, and send email updates. And they also use GovTrack, in a...
View ArticleRecent Congressional Action on Student Loans
In what could become an annual occurrence, Congress yet again faces a looming deadline to resolve the problem of student loan interest rates. Without Congressional action, the rate on federally backed...
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Lawmakers Who Aren’t Making Law
The press’ quarterly report cards on Congress are out and the picture isn’t pretty. As The Huffington Post and The Atlantic Wire report, based on data from GovTrack, the current Congress has enacted...
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