Re:Ask HN: How are Senate/House bills prepared?
by smt88 on Thursday July 13, 2017 @01:01PM
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> how do tens to hundreds of senators or representatives collaborate
I'm actually curious to know whether this assumption is accurate. Do they really collaborate? Do they read their own bills when they're this long? Or do their staff handle all of this? Do they really read each other's bills? Does one senator's staff just write a bill by itself, and then everyone else agrees to the language? Or do they collaborate from the beginning?
I've read before that Congresspeople spend almost 100% of their time fundraising and very little time legislating. I imagine their staff must handle the rest.
I'm actually curious to know whether this assumption is accurate. Do they really collaborate? Do they read their own bills when they're this long? Or do their staff handle all of this? Do they really read each other's bills? Does one senator's staff just write a bill by itself, and then everyone else agrees to the language? Or do they collaborate from the beginning?
I've read before that Congresspeople spend almost 100% of their time fundraising and very little time legislating. I imagine their staff must handle the rest.