CAP Congress

I will admit that while I did not have a blast during the week of CAP Congress, I thought I was a good learning experience. I realized how difficult it is for a bill to become a law. Even in CAP which seems to be almost entirely liberal, it was still not easy to pass bills. The food MOCWAS brought in on Wednesday represents the bigger idea that bill sponsors will do everything they can to get their bills passed. In Congress, it was difficult to do something with all six bills in two days. We did not really have time to focus on each word of each bill, but there were clearly loopholes, which swayed my vote. At least once I would have voted differently if more time had been spent improving the bill. I was bored because rarely was a vote in doubt, even on amendments. Nonetheless, I now have a better idea of how Congress works and how every little word in a bill can be subject to debate.