Posted by Congressman John Campbell at 12:00 am on Feb 21, 2007 Comments Off on Bills, bills, bills
Bills, bills, bills:
There are 435 members of the House of Representatives. In the
109th Congress, these members introduced 6,438 bills. Only 294 of
them passed in the House, the Senate, and were signed into law by
the president. That is less the one bill per member of Congress.
So, suffice it to say, we do not measure ourselves by how many
bills pass with one’s name on them. That would be a small number
unless you are a committee chairman
But, we still need to try. Over the next two weeks, I will give
you a list of the things I am working on. In some cases, I am the
"lead" sponsor of the bill. In other cases, I am a "co-sponsor" of
the bill. In all cases, these are issues in which I am engaged.
Some of these bills do not have a snowball’s chance in Hades of
becoming law in this Congress for various factors. These range from
the fact that Democrats are in control to that the particular
measure is a big idea which will take years to cultivate. I often
point out the efforts of my predecessor, Christopher Cox, to end
the death tax. He began this quest in 1988. Now, 20 years later we
have gotten close, but the… Read More