Congress.gov offers email alerts
From the post:
Beginning today [5 February 2015], the free legislative information website Congress.gov offers users a new optional email-alerts system that makes tracking legislative action even easier. Users can elect to receive email alerts for tracking:
- A specific bill in the current Congress: Receive an email when there are updates to a specific bill (new cosponsors, committee action, vote taken, etc.); emails are sent once a day if there has been a change in a particular bill’s status since the previous day.
- A specific member’s legislative activity: Receive an email when a specific member introduces or cosponsors a bill; emails are sent once a day if a member has introduced or cosponsored a bill since the previous day.
- Congressional Record: Receive an email as soon as a new issue of the Congressional Record is available on Congress.gov.
The alerts system is a new feature available to anyone who creates a free account on the Congress.gov site. Creating an account also enables users to save searches. Create an account and sign up for alerts at congress.gov/account.
If you are interested in legislation or in influencing those who vote on it, you should sign up for these alerts. No promises other than if you aren’t heard, your opinion won’t be considered.
You should also use Congress.gov to verify the content of legislation when you get a “…the world is ending as we know it…” emails from interest groups. You are not well-informed if you are completely reliant on the opinions of others. Misguided perhaps but not well-informed.