GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderWhich tied Senate votes did Vice President Kamala Harris break in 2023?GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse Rifkin8 min read·Dec 30, 2023----
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderWho was nominated for the Congressional Gold Medal in 2023?GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse Rifkin6 min read·Dec 29, 2023----
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderAlmost Unanimous, 2023 edition: Why these lone dissenters withheld their votes on congressional…GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse Rifkin14 min read·Dec 28, 2023----
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderBooks Save Lives Act would require local public school libraries keep a diverse set of booksThe lead House sponsor concluded a roundtable discussion about the bill by reading aloud the Langston Hughes poem “Harlem.”4 min read·Dec 27, 2023--1--1
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderHealthy MOM Act would allow Obamacare special open enrollment period for pregnant womenThe Guinness World Record for longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom is held by the alpine salamander of the Swiss Alps, at up to four or…4 min read·Dec 21, 2023--1--1
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderAfter art vandalism protests, Consequences for Climate Vandals Act would double maximum punishment…Jackson Pollock paintings already look like they’ve been vandalized.3 min read·Dec 20, 2023----
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderFight Book Bans Act would provide grants for schools to defend against conservative book removalsAfter the Rapid City, South Dakota school system removed the Dave Eggers novel The Circle, Eggers provided hundreds of free copies to the…3 min read·Dec 18, 2023--2--2
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderRepublican bill would reinstate airplane pilots fired over Covid vaccine mandate refusalRepublicans say the last time a pilot was treated this unfairly was when the 1969 sketch comedy show Turn On was cancelled after its first…4 min read·Dec 14, 2023----
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderNo Taxpayer Dollars for Communist Chinese Covid Tests Act would ban public funds for Covid tests…Covid tests: how a Turkish man named Muzaffer Kayasan discovered he had Covid for 14 straight months.4 min read·Dec 13, 2023--1--1
GovTrack.usinGovTrack InsiderNo Plea Deal with Terrorists Act would ban plea deals for 9/11 co-conspirator trials, to preserve…They were responsible for almost 3,000 deaths; should the possibility of their own death at U.S. government hands be foreclosed?3 min read·Dec 8, 2023----