WashingtonWatch.com is designed to help individual citizens stay informed about proposed and past legislation. Specifically, it reveals the costs (or savings) per family of bills in Congress, summary information about bills, and opportunities to comment and vote on the proposals in Congress.
Each Congress passes hundreds of bills but only a few make the papers or television news -- even those that may cost American families thousands of dollars. WashingtonWatch.com provides -- without bias and in plain English -- a summary of each piece of legislation, the associated cost/savings and -- if it has become law -- the way Congress voted. It's a simple resource designed to help inform individual citizens about the actions of Congress.
WashingtonWatch.com is maintained by Jim Harper, a lawyer and a 10-year veteran of technology policy in Washington, D.C.
WashingtonWatch.com reveals the numbers behind proposed legislation in Congress. WashingtonWatch.com translates government predictions about the costs or savings from proposed changes to government spending, taxation, and regulation. The results convey the significance to average Americans -- in dollars and cents -- of proposed changes to the nation's policies.
