What happens to the bills that weren’t passed in the 109th Congress?
With the close of the 109th Congress, all bills that were not enacted “died” and will need to be reintroduced and assigned new bill numbers in the 110th Congress. Q: What issues can we expect the 110th Congress to take up? A: Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has announced her agenda for the first 100 hours of the House session (in order): establish new House ethics and lobbying rules that would “clean up Congress” and “break the link between lobbyists and legislation,” “implement recommendations of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission”, increase the minimum wage, cut interest rates on student loans, allow the government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies for lower Medicare drug prices, broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds, and establishing “pay as you go” rules that would not allow increases in the federal deficit. The 110th Congress will also be left with some important appropriations work, as the 109th Congress passed only two FY
