Background
In the legislative branch, there are several kinds of acts congress can initiate:
A Bill, which is a proposed law that originates in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. When passed, bills can become one of two things:
a. A Private Law, which is a law that only affects a private individual or individuals.
b. A Public Law, which affects the entire nation. Joint resolutions (described below) can also become Public Laws.
A Concurrent Resolution, which is legislation that relates to the operations of Congress, including both chambers, or expresses the opinion of both chambers on public policy issues.
- A Joint Resolution, which is functionally the same as a bill
- A Simple resolution, which is legislation that related to the ooperations of a single chamber or expresses the collective opinion of that chamber on public policy issues.
A discussion a friend and I talked about certain acts of congress. We came upon the issue of how throughly researched a law needed to me when stating claims (the example we were talking about, was this simple resolution). This led me to question..
Question
Does each different kind of legislation need to meet a certain level of rigor in research before being brought to the floor?