I was told by my former Congressman, Chris Cox, that the special interest groups around certain "leaders" write most bills.
Right. But I would like to know, for instance, who wrote his 1965 Immigration Act bill. Why? Because I would like to know what happened to those people...Did they "graduate" into greater positions of power within their respective organizations? Did they just stay "good soldiers" and toil away in obscurity? Were the authors of the original bill recognizable NOW, as known enemies of the US, as opposed to BACK THEN, when we weren't equipped to root out the enemy within.
My guess is that the authors of the 1965 Immigration Act knew full well what they were doing, and that the authors of today's bill are less notorious, and getting inspiration from "outside" sources.