Recall from your high school civics class that any congressional bill that has not been enacted into law at the end of the 2-year congressional session is said to have "died." What your civics teacher may or may not have said is that it is common for some legislative proposals to be reintroduced in the next Congress, to either build on the work that already took place or to give the bills a new lease on life in the changed political climate that often accompanies a new congressional session.
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