The latest from our “share your stories” feature:

Headline: Legislative sausage-making: How a bill does not become a law
Description: At the height of the health care debate, I did a story about the amendments our senators had filed. I figured I’d pick one and journal it from inception to passage as a nice little “how a bill becomes a law” bit. So in the interest of getting a successful one, I selected a one-word amendment that Democrats had pretty unanimously backed, seemed to simply correct an oversight in the bill drafting and even had a Republican co-sponsor.
Link: http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2010/01/12/14823/legislative_sausage-making_how_a_bill_does_not_become_a_law
Byline: Derek Wallbank, MinnPost, dwallbank@minnpost.com

Yesterday we put our new rra.org design online, and one of the features is a page where members can submit their stories for the group to see. Since no one ever likes to go first, I thought I’d break the ice and share a piece of mine that ran today.

Headline: Who bankrolls North Jersey House campaigns
Description: A look at 2009 contributions to three North Jersey House members and how those checks intersect with the Congressmen’s actions on the Hill.
Link: http://bit.ly/c9RRIk
By: Herb Jackson, The Record, jackson@northjersey.com