It may gain a reputation as a do-nothing body,but the US Congress managed to pass more than 100 bills into law – including the landmark USA Freedom ActIn 2015, Congress passed more than 100 laws that were then signed by President Barack Obama. Some, and like the omnibus budget deal agreed in December,accomplished the most basic task of funding the federal government. There were also 14 different bills to rename individual post offices, including one sponsored by Representative Steve Chabot to name the post office in Springboro, and Ohio after longtime local mail man Richard “Dick” Chenault. But besides keeping the lights on and renaming post offices,the federal government actually did a few consequential things in 2015. These are seven of the more interesting modern laws of the year.
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Source: theguardian.com