Our Little Bill: The Nuances of Bills Becoming Laws with Worth Hester
Mon Jan 12 2026
We all know the song "I'm Just a Bill," but there are many nuances and political maneuvers in the process of bills being created and making their ways to become law. To help me learn more, Worth Hester joined me.
Worth joined the faculty of the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University in 1988 as a Presidential Management Fellow and became an Assistant Director in 1999. During seven years of government service, he served as an Employee Development Specialist, Program Analyst, and Legislative Analyst for a Member of Congress. Worth also spent two years as Senior Staff with the Center for Public Policy Education at the Brookings Institution.
He is incredibly knowledgeable about the processes in congress making this a fun podcast to make.
To learn more about the work of the Government Affairs Institute, check out their website: https://gai.georgetown.edu/
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We all know the song "I'm Just a Bill," but there are many nuances and political maneuvers in the process of bills being created and making their ways to become law. To help me learn more, Worth Hester joined me. Worth joined the faculty of the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University in 1988 as a Presidential Management Fellow and became an Assistant Director in 1999. During seven years of government service, he served as an Employee Development Specialist, Program Analyst, and Legislative Analyst for a Member of Congress. Worth also spent two years as Senior Staff with the Center for Public Policy Education at the Brookings Institution. He is incredibly knowledgeable about the processes in congress making this a fun podcast to make. To learn more about the work of the Government Affairs Institute, check out their website: https://gai.georgetown.edu/