Date: 14 Dec 2007 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] basketcaselady.livejournal.com
I agree that there are other things I would like them to be resolving. I would be curious to know how much time is spent actually on this bill and what it costs to introduce it.

Date: 14 Dec 2007 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Yes I have always understood how the bills are introduced and that there is a cost associated with the bills. But I'm curious what the cost is. A $100 cost is significantly different than say $250,000.

Date: 14 Dec 2007 07:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] basketcaselady.livejournal.com
grrr the anonymous comment was me. I don't know why I got logged out. :\

Date: 15 Dec 2007 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiousangel.livejournal.com
This item was actually a simple resolution of the House of Representatives, not needing to go through nearly as much complicated stuff as what you linked to. While a simple resolution is indeed technically a bill (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.bysec/formsofaction.html), it does not have the force of law, as it's just a way for the House to express its opinion. It is one of 875 listed House Resolutions submitted to the 110th Congress through Thursday (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/d?d110:0:./list/bss/d110HE.lst:|TOM:/bss/110search.html|), and was one of 14 submitted in that week.

It received a roll call vote (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2007-1143), and was passed 372 to 9, with 10 "present" votes and 40 members not voting for whatever reason. While it did take up some amount of time, it was probably small.

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