Countable's Fall Bill Acronym Bracket

In honor of Congress hitting the campaign trail and politicians’ penchant for the pithy bill acronyms that have grown in popularity since the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, we’ve put together another tournament in which you — Countable users — will choose the best bill acronym of the 115th Congress.

Countable’s selection committee has chosen 16 of the most creatively, and in some cases spitefully, titled pieces of legislation this Congress has introduced. This round’s winners will compete in next week’s Elite 8, so vote for your favorite through Wednesday at midnight PT.

May the best bill acronym win!

Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies (BEZOS) Act vs. Ensuring A Qualified Civil Service (EQUALS) Act

Rescuing Animals with Rewards (RAWR) Act vs. Victims of Illegal Criminal Entry (VOICES) Act

Hold the Low-Yield Nuclear Explosive (LYNE) Act vs. Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade (PRINT) Act

Taxpayers Don’t Incur Meaningless Expenses (DIME) Act vs. Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies (PROTECT) Act

Court Imbalance Restructure Concerning Updates to Impacted Tribunals (CIRCUIT) Act vs. Helping End Abusive Living Situations (HELPS) Act

Second Amendment For Every Registrable (SAFER) Voter Act vs. Bullying Redress and Verified Enforcement (BRAVE) Act

Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act vs. Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act

Help Extract Animals from Red Tape (HEART) Act vs. Congressional Oversight Needed For Likely Illicit and Corrupt Transactions (CONFLICT) Act

PS (post scriptum) ― check out the winners of our spring and summer acronym brackets!

— Eric Revell

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