August 2010
2 posts
Scores from Amendment Votes, too
As of tonight, VoteReports allows report creators and interest groups to add amendments to a report’s legislative agenda. After all, amendments can make a major impact on the ultimate effect of a bill.
To add an amendment to the report, just use the bill finder to search for your bill:
Any bill that has related amendments will have a link next to it “(amendments)”. Click...
Interest Groups can Love (and hate) Bills
Right this moment, we have hundreds of interest group report cards, based on their ratings over the years. But there are real limitations to these report cards so far.
Immediacy: Probably the worst problem is that the interest groups only release ratings every year or two, at best, which means we go long stretches of time without knowing how are reps are really doing out there in D.C.,...