The history of that bill shows how one dogged councilman finally got his way, and how the Bloomberg administration's thinking evolved over several years and through two health commissioners.
Landau, whose arts deals primarily with identity and occasionally dips into politically uncomfortable territory, believes the bill shows how Regev likes to take advantage of Israel's politicised atmosphere in order to grab headlines: "There are always new things.
Austin Bailey, leader of the Arkansas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a gun safety group, said the bill shows how much sway the NRA has in the state.
At this point representatives of the "innocent" corporations that have been funding the attacks can safely step out from behind the curtain and testify on the bill, showing how its adoption would cost American jobs and reduce freedom.
Beyond the riders, the overall bill shows how far even the reasonable center of Congress has been pulled to the right.
His course on the union bill shows how Walker has sought to turn up the volume on his conservatism as he has pursued his still-unofficial drive for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
And the confusion over the European arrest warrant vote, and the heated arguments over the £1.7bn bill, showed how jittery the government is over just about anything affecting the EU.
"The Clintons' claim that staggering amounts of income from paid speaking fees that raise ethical questions and potential conflicts of interest is simply to 'pay our bills' shows how out of touch they've truly become," said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
But this bill shows us how government can make our lives better, as it already does through programs like Medicare and Social Security.
Some key advocates of revisiting this bill show no sign of understanding how much the world has changed since Theodore Vail created the "natural monopoly" of AT&T nearly a century ago.
