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7 Responses to “How a bill becomes a law, v2.0.”

1. [B!] says:

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   Good deal.

   February 26th, 2007 at 1:57 pm

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2. wake-n-bake says:

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   Ah, the innocence of youth. Although I think some folk here still think it’s this simple:

   “How a Bill Becomes a Law”

   February 26th, 2007 at 1:59 pm

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3. Zooey says:

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   Cool! Thanks for the new resource!

   February 26th, 2007 at 3:19 pm

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4. criticalthinker says:

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   Still remember watching School House Rock in the 70’s between Saturday ABC cartoons, and singing:

   I am just a bill on Capital hill…

   Conjuctiuon junction whats your function…

   I packed my adjectives…

   Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here…

   Interjection shows excitement or emotion…

   February 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

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5. Bonnie says:

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   Will this source be able to catch little things slipped in by staffers unbeknownst to an Congress person?

   February 26th, 2007 at 5:19 pm

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6. Raymond Funamoto says:

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   This is a good suggestion, but I would like to make one of my own–how about having ALL the members of Congress become NUDISTS and conduct sessions in a big glass-panelled building? Now that’s what I call REAL TRANSPARENCY and you wouldn’t have them THROWING ROCKS AT EACH OTHER, though some “members” might “come up short,” IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!!!

   February 26th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

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7. Marty Heyman says:

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   This is interesting and slick. A much less slick but potentially more powerful approach is over at http://www.billhop.com. In addition to linking to all the thomas.loc.gov resources, etc., it provides tagging, community voting on whether they think it should be passed, categorization, issues (not the same, and more to the point), comments, and talking points. It’s languishing for lack of “members” (contributors) and needs a lot of work in the “slick” sense but has a lot to offer, conceptually.

   February 26th, 2007 at 8:42 pm

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