And it's true that Congress moves at such a glacial pace these days that sometimes if you start a bill like immigration and you're thinking this should be done by now, it seems to take a year of folks just sitting around spinning their wheels, that can be frustrating.
Now the question for advocates, who planned their go-for-broke mobilization as a catalyst to jump-start a bill in Congress, is whether it will at least help to keep a conversation about immigration going in Washington between now and the November elections.
Another Mastek customer, the CUNA Mutual Group, which is based in Madison, Wis., and is part of the Credit Union National Association, started a project billed at less than $100,000 two years ago.
The family of the six-year-old victim sued Uber, and California state lawmakers started pursuing a bill to strengthen insurance requirements for companies like Uber and its rivals Lyft and Sidecar.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if some enterprising congressman has already started drafting a bill that mirrors the NTSB's sentiments, although how far it would ever get is highly questionable.
In Carson City, lawmakers credit Mr. Bloomberg with jump-starting a gun bill that had stalled in Nevada, even though both chambers of the Legislature are controlled by Democrats.
At least one group had started a petition before the bill's signing, garnering more than 18,000 signatures from people who oppose it.
At least one group had started a petition before the bill's signing, garnering more than 18,000 signatures from people who oppose it. .
Former Microsoft employees have started a number of "Baby Bills," nicknamed for Bill Gates, in and around Seattle.
On Thursday, the Cuomo administration started a new Web site billed as a virtual town hall and aimed at bringing state government closer to the people.
