The US Midterm Elections take place in early November every two years. During these elections, citizens are asked to vote in legislators responsible for drafting and voting on new bills. But how can you determine which legislator you should vote for if you don't know how to look up their voting history, and than read the bills they voted for?
In this video tutorial, I walk you through the process to find a congressman's voting history, find full-text original bills on the internet - and than parse through those bills in order to find out what the bill actually will change if it becomes a law.
Empowered with this information, you can vote more accurately for candidates that match your philosophies. Learn to find and read bills on your own, and you never have to listen to a (potentially biased or fraudulent) summary from another politician or newscaster ever again!
Table of Contents:
00:08 Introduction & Learning Goals
03:10 Branches of US Gov. & Their Responsibilities
03:41 Legislative Branch Overview
03:55 Executive Branch Overview
04:15 Judicial Branch Overview
04:50 Power Abuse Controls
06:10 How a Bill becomes a Law
06:40 How a Bill is Introduced
06:55 Votes Required to Pass
08:22 How to find What a Politician Voted For
11:09 Public Records of Politician Votes
13:20 Find a Bill Using Congress.gov
15:30 Congress.gov Features Demo
16:50 Finding Unbiased Abstracts
18:10 How to Read a Bill
19:15 Alternate Bill Titles
20:30 Definitions
22:42 Related Bills
24:00 Bill Sponsor
24:21 Voting Status
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