Exploring Congress; How It Works

Senator Cory Booker: democrat from New Jersey:

-     His report card was not very impressive at all

-     He seems to lay very low: he is one of the lowest ranked members of congress.

o   He introduced 14 bills while others are introducing up to 107 bills or more

o   He has 54 cosponsors while others have 894 cosponsors or more

o   He sponsored 144 bills while others sponsored 449 bills or more

o   He introduced 14 bills and got zero of them passed as laws while others are getting 7 laws passed or more

Summaries for the Access to Birth Control Act

-       Committee it came out of: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

-       Did not get passed as a law

-       It is only 9 pages: the average bill length in 1948 was 2 and a half pages and now it is 20 pages. (a question that occurred to me: how long is the average bill?)

Explain the Bill: Basically, Senator Cory Booker wanted to show that he is for woman's rights. This bill is for those girls who go into pharmacy's and ask for birth control but get harassed by the pharmacist. Some pharmacist apparently have been known for saying threats such as the pill could make them infertile or that they are out of the prescription. The purpose behind the bill is to not allow people to work at a harmony if they are going to be biased towards these issues. Summaries for the Access to Birth Control Act did not get passed because this situation is very rare and the only pharmacist who would be against birth control most likely are those who are very strong in their religion.