Published inGovTrack InsiderWhich tied Senate votes did Vice President Kamala Harris break in 2023?GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse RifkinDec 30, 2023Dec 30, 2023
Published inGovTrack InsiderWho was nominated for the Congressional Gold Medal in 2023?GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse RifkinDec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Published inGovTrack InsiderAlmost Unanimous, 2023 edition: Why these lone dissenters withheld their votes on congressional…GovTrack Insider staff writer Jesse RifkinDec 28, 2023Dec 28, 2023
Published inGovTrack 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.”Dec 27, 20231Dec 27, 20231
Published inGovTrack 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…Dec 21, 20231Dec 21, 20231
Published inGovTrack InsiderAfter art vandalism protests, Consequences for Climate Vandals Act would double maximum punishment…Jackson Pollock paintings already look like they’ve been vandalized.Dec 20, 2023Dec 20, 2023
Published inGovTrack 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…Dec 18, 20232Dec 18, 20232
Published inGovTrack 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…Dec 14, 2023Dec 14, 2023
Published inGovTrack 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.Dec 13, 20231Dec 13, 20231
Published inGovTrack 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?Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023