EVERY news outlet needs some kind of specialist who is knowledgeable about government functions. But that is at the bottom of their priority list for positions.
I remember back in 2009 - 2010 when Congress was doing the hearings and markups for the ACA, and there were at least 6 Congressional Committees (3 in each Chamber - House and Senate) working on that - each with their own contributory markups of legislation.
But whenever any of the Committees announced where they were so far, the idiot media kept reporting THAT Committee's DRAFT as "the bill", as if it was the "final" one.
I kept yelling at the TV - NO!!!!! It's a DRAFT from ONE COMMITTEE in ONE CHAMBER. 
Once those Committees got their drafts done, THEN EACH Chamber would have to eventually combine them into a single draft for consideration - debate and a vote, and then the Chambers needed to agree on ONE BILL (which they usually do by creating a "Joint Conference Committee with members from both Chambers to agree to one version) for the Congress to finally debate and vote on. Alternately, one Chamber might "take the lead" and get ideas from the other Chamber and incorporate that into what will be a SINGLE bill that will be used for both Chambers to consider/vote on.
It drove me insane. 
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