Foreign Relations Committee and the bills it addressed on Sept. 19

The Foreign Relations Committee handled S.Res.773 bill on Sept. 19, according to the US Congress.

Bill S.Res.773 titled “A resolution commemorating the second anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords Declaration”. The bill is sponsored by Sen. James Lankford with Cory Booker, Joni Ernst, Jacklyn Rosen as cosponsors.

Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.

A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.