Congress Inches Toward Paperless Solutions

Desire for Transparency And Efficiency, Coupled With Cost Reduction, Fuel Urge to Drop Paper

• By Kate Tummarello
• Roll Call Staff
• Feb. 7, 2012, Midnight

Every day, Members get thick volumes of the Congressional Record delivered to their offices. Marked-up paper copies of amendments still circulate in committee. But some are daring to imagine a Congress where all communication is done electronically.