Tracking new bills proposed in Congress..Don't want to lose sight of them

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During this progressive window, mass death-by-committee of progressive legislation will not be an acceptable outcome.
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Here is what we plan to do:

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings when Congress is in session, we will publish a round-up thread of all new legislation introduced into Congress by Democrats the previous day (legislation is typically introduced on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Exceptions will be made for bills about renaming courthouses or resolutions congratulating organizations on their recent or historical achievements.

From Wednesday through Sunday, we will work with the Open Left and BlogPac communities to identify, among all legislation that was introduced the previous week, the best progressive legislation that we would like to see passed and the most damaging legislation that we feel needs to be stopped.

On Monday and Tuesday, we will contact the offices of the Democratic members of the relevant congressional committees to which this legislation has been referred. The contacts will be simple and straightforward: does the member of congress support bills x, y and z?

Once the contacts are complete, I will publish the results. This will, in theory, act as a committee whip count for all of the legislation we are currently tracking.

Producing this whip count should have the following benefits:

Early Warning System: Over the past few years, all too often the netroots has only started taking action on dangerous legislation once it has already passed out of committee. By that point, of course, it is usually too late to stop the legislation. This system should help us to engage the fight much earlier in the process.

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10649

The rest of the plan is pretty straightforward.

At least this would give me an idea about what is happening to a lot of bills.
It may not meet my specifications, but it is better than nothing.

[bigtree]

1. k

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[patrice]

2. Let's DU this!! nt

[slipslidingaway]

3. K&R thanks for posting, also there is a Congress forum on DU

which could be used to track legislation.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=308

[Wednesdays]

4. I was about to ask, is there a site that lists bills recently signed into law?

I've found some sites like that, but I'd like to find one that summarizes the recently-passed bills "in plain English" or as close to it as possible.

[derby378]

5. I like, I like...

Hope this doesn't fizzle.