1.8: Motions
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When the House, the Senate, or a committee is going to take some kind of action, it does so on the basis of a motion. If the
public is going to have insight into the decisions Congress makes, it should have access to the motions on which Congress
acts. But motions are something of a black hole. Many of them can be found in the Congressional Record, but it takes a human
who understands legislative procedure and who is willing to read the Congressional Record to find them. That is not modern
transparency. Motions can be articulated as data. There are distinct types of motions. Congress can publish which meeting
a motion occurs in, when the motion occurs, what the proposition is, what the object of the motion is, and so on. Along with
decisions, motions are key elements of the legislative process. They can and should be published as data.
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