We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110 th Congress). But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services. 5582 (115th): Abuse Deterrent Access Act of 2018ĭoes 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted - most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. 4431 (115th): Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans’ Pensions Act 114 (116th): To adjust the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. 1781 (116th): Payment Commission Data Act of 2019 3935 (116th): Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act 6435 (116th): Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020 7088 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the “Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building”. Committee MembershipĮarl “Buddy” Carter sits on the following committees:Ĭarter was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The chart is based on the bills Carter has sponsored and cosponsored Led on the front lines by militant white supremacy groups,Īttempted to prevent President-elect Joe Biden from taking office by disrupting Congress’s count of electors. The Januviolent insurrection at the Capitol, These legislators have generally changed their story after their vote, claiming it was merely a protest and not intended to change the outcome of the election as they clearly sought prior to the vote. On Januin the hours after the violent insurrection at the Capitol, Carter voted to reject the state-certified election results of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania (states narrowly won by Democrats), which could have changed the outcome of the election. (Following the rejection of several related cases before the Supreme Court, another legislator who joined the case called for violence.) Shortly after the election, Carter joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin - states that were narrowly won by Democrats - to be discarded, in order to change the outcome of the election, based on lies and a preposterous legal argument which the Supreme Court rejected. To suppress entire state-certified vote counts without adjudication in the courts and using a disinformationĬampaign of lies and conspiracy theories was a months-long, multifarious attempted coup. Presidential election decided instead by incumbent politicians running in the very same election. President Trump, his senior government advisors, and Republican legislators collaborated to have the 2020
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