What is Congress up to? What kinds of bills are trying to be pushed through, how long have they been active, and what are the fine lines in the bills? These are all great questions of the active citizen out to inform him or herself. The news, the slogans, and the politicians may not speak verbatim truth about certain bills. And in order to gather the most accurate information in what one finds important, here is another resource that is unbiased. It may not be entertaining as the news channels offer, or as teeming with pathos in a politician’s speech, but it is definitely valuable as a resource. That is, if you really want to get into the real grounds of policy. Politics is not supposed to be entertainment anyway.
http://www.govtrack.us/, is actually run by an independent, non-profit organization, and my kudos go out to these citizens who are making this public information more accessible!
You can search by subject, keywords, and even by the bill title and number. So if you search up “immigration” you will find a whole variety of bills that were introduced to congress that relate to the immigration subject from social security cards, to building a wall between Mexico and the US, to the creation of a “circulatory migration”, and many more.
The vulnerability of public opinion is that the majority trusts and relies on a few sources to TELL them what to think, or what is going on in the world. As observers, we also need to go out and look for ourselves too – a balance of power so to speak. Find the facts, create your own ideology.
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