On the recordMay 15, 2013
If you are a legislator and you lose the substantive fight that you would like to win, very often your consolation prize is a reporting requirement;
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congress.govIf you are a legislator and you lose the substantive fight that you would like to win, very often your consolation prize is a reporting requirement;
Whitehouse discusses how reporting requirements can persist after legislative defeats.
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