I've been in the exact same position as the OP. Identical. Only it was in 2003/2004, back when Comprehensive Immigration Reform was in the news with Bush in office.

I went crazy learning about how the system worked, went on the Senate/House websites to track the bill, did all of that.

But then it failed. It came up again in 2005/2006, and failed again. I felt completely let down and gave up.

At that point a few different things started happening with me.

a) I started feeling a lot of annoyance and resentment towards the opponents of the bill. Why? Because I felt like a lot of what they said ( Yeah, I watched CSPAN too ) was so ignorant and misguided.

b) I lost faith in the political process in general. I got an inside look into it at that time, and it was like a complete epiphany for me- I saw totally uninformed statements coming from Congressmen! I lost faith in them at that point.

At this stage, I really hope this bill comes through. But I'm not holding my breath.

I'm trying to make my life right with God, be at peace with nature, and not depend on flawed minds working in a flawed process to determine the outcome and direction of my life.

It's very difficult, but I feel that true hope does not come from people in power, it comes from within.

Good luck, God bless, and do good.