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In my experience, if a bill moves past being reported it moves very fast to being voted on. Here are some statistics for the current congress. Out of the 338
Are there any plans for adding a state code that signifies debate has ended and a call for a vote has been made? There seems to be a gap between state codes
... It'll be the same as the first character of the type attribute. Don't forget resolutions ("hr", "hc", "hj"). ... For bills, there is a delay. It may go to
Hello, I'm reading the bill XML file wiki at http://wiki.govtrack.us/index.php?title=Bill_XML and I have two questions: 1. When a <status> element's child node