Mr. Reactionary
blackraisin
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« on: January 22, 2015, 09:52:20 PM » |
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Meh ... which bill makes it first is a lazy way to evaluate the priorities of a Congress. For example Lets look at the first 25 laws of the 110th Congress when the Democrats took both houses of Congress in 2006.
The first law to pass was a bill naming a recreation in a National Park; 12 of the first 25 laws of that session were bills naming post offices and the like.
There was also:
1 earmark
1 amendment to an advisory committees membership
5 reauthorizations of obscure laws (commemorative coin surcharges, SBA data-gathering, Judicial financial disclosure, and 2 advisory committees. Yawn).
3 welfare related bureaucratic changes dealing with cancer screening grants
A ban on the interstate cockfighting weapons industry
Foreign aide to Eastern Europe
Continuing budget resolution
Guess that means the Democrats' priorities in 2006 were about cockfighting weapons.
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