I read many legislative histories, which are transcripts, to see why a bill failed or passed. In them, if one failed of a bill I liked, then I can make a new proposed bill (accounting for the reasons why a bill failed) for a sympathetic assemblyman to re-introduce next session. I read transcripts of many judicial bodies to learn just how stupid our judiciary members are (when I note a case did not swing the way I thought it would)...for those I can affect their continuation as a judge, I try to get them to lose their position. I also read many transcripts from courts of their viewpoint of the law that seems wrong and then contact assemblymen to see if I can find one willing to propose a bill to change the law (some courts see not action by the legislature to be an agreement with their decisions on the meaning of a law). I have gotten many proposed bills submitted to committees in my state. One got all the way to the floor of one house and passed without a nay vote at all...but it died before being able to get to the next house. And I have gotten many past the committee stages, just to die awaiting a floor vote. I average about 5 proposed bills a year actually being taken up by my state's assembly. None of my bills ever became law but some are "duplicate" ideas contained in other bills that have become law. I read about 10 transcripts a week. About 7/10 are quasi judicial and court hearing transcripts, 2/10 are legislative histories, and 1/10 deposition transcripts.