I break the news to Lindsey Graham that he co-sponsored a bill he doesn’t support pic.twitter.com/zGze0NreCD
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) March 29, 2023
What's the restrict act?
https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1641225447634526209
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Can some civics person tell me who actually writes the bills?
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Lobbyists.
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So a lobbyist emails in a bill, and I guess an aide prints it out and submits it?
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Ok here is an actually serious answer:
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-bill-congress/
And another longer one:
https://matsui.house.gov/legislative-work/legislation/how-bill-becomes-law
Theoretically a lobbyist could actually write a full bill and have a member of congress submit it, but in practice there would be a fair amount of revision and changes to it.
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Special interest groups, corporations, and governmental agencies. The bills get sponsored by the politician or political party when the organization that wrote the bill pays enough to the re-election campaign, or provides services in other ways.
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