I’m going to assume you already know how a bill becomes a law, thanks to the little scrolled-up fella from Schoolhouse Rock. 

That goes back to your childhood, but these days, there’s a new wrinkle. When they introduce a new bill members of Congress go acronym crazy.  

They make up a clunky name for the bill like the Sensible Oversight for Technology which Advances Regulatory Efficiency Act. Pure word salad. But take the first letter of each word and suddenly it’s the SOFTWARE act.  And the genius politician who dreamed it up hopes you’ll sit around with the family playing a board game and say “so did you hear about the Software Act"

You don’t.  

I&rsquo;m going to assume you already know how a bill becomes a law, thanks to the little scrolled-up fella from Schoolhouse Rock.&nbsp;
That goes back to your childhood, but these days, there&rsquo;s a new wrinkle. When they introduce a new bill members of Congress go acronym crazy. &nbsp;
They make up a clunky name for the bill like the Sensible Oversight for Technology which Advances Regulatory Efficiency Act. Pure word salad. But take the first letter of each word and suddenly it&rsquo;s the SOFTWARE act. &nbsp;And the genius politician who dreamed it up hopes you&rsquo;ll sit around with the family playing a board game and say &ldquo;so did you hear about the Software Act"
You don&rsquo;t.&nbsp;&nbsp;

KSL Newsradio's Jeff Caplan offers his own unique spin on the fun, quirky things that happen alongside the news.

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