The Legislative Cycle

Congress as an Information System

The blocks shown are the most common and time-consuming activities today’s Congress conducts. Select any highlighted block to surface the problems with today’s Congress — and, for each, the solutions that range from near-term workarounds to the end-state vision.

Ideas are sourced from interviews and existing literature, and are not necessarily originated by POPVOX Foundation.

Forward flow
Feedback loop
Democratic Input
The Institution
Institutional Outputs
INFORMSPRODUCESELECTLEGISLATION RESHAPES THE INSTITUTIONFINDINGSFUNDSOUTCOMES RETURN TO THE PUBLIC → SHAPES PUBLIC PERCEPTION