Episode Details

This podcast is the first of two that delves into how to get a bill through Congress. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 is used as an example of the process of creating a bill and what happens once it leaves the hands of the creator and moves through committee, to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) where it is scored, to the Congressional Research Service for further research, and then to the committee chair where they can move it forward or “chair it” (AKA 86 it) the bill.

• Public Law 104-13
• Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm Just a Bill"
• Saturday Night Live School House Rock
• West Wing Season 6, Episode 12
• Civil Discourse main website