As members of Congress introduce more and more legislation in recent years, the public is waiting longer to see it.
The agency responsible for publishing bills has a backlog and can’t keep up with all the new ones rolling in, which means a delay before official text appears online.
“We were still processing the 118th bills, really through most of the month of January, while also processing the new stuff that came in for the 119th Congress,” said Hugh Halpern, director of the Government Publishing Office.
