Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer: April 2005
Beginning in mid-February, Congress took a couple of weeks off and returned to business in early March.

Beginning in mid-February, Congress took a couple of weeks off and returned to business in early March. Nevertheless, there has been no slowdown in the introduction of bills and, at press time, there were 1,133 bills introduced in the House and 533 in the Senate. A number of bills that failed to make the grade in the 108th Congress were reintroduced with the expectation that some could be enacted into law this go-around.

Congress has been reacting publicly to President Bush’s big push for Social Security reforms. When the debate reaches the Senate and House floors, other pending legislation, even bills that are part of the Administration’s agenda for the coming year may get hung up in the Congressional holding pattern.

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