Apparently, the 113th Congress of the United States approved more legislation in the last week it sat, than it had done in many preceding months ~ Most of these laws passed were temporary extensions of existing tax measures, lasting just two more weeks (until the end of 2014), when the 'negotiations' to try and approve some 'sensible' taxes will resume.
So this makes 113th session one of the least productive of Congresses in modern history.
The legislative body approved far fewer bills than the group of lawmakers former President Harry Truman called the “do-nothing Congress.” Those legislators, serving from 1947 to 1949, passed some 900 laws, which is positively speedy compared to this current Congress.
...... this one was actually proud to declare that it passed more than 200 bills into law during the past two years .... which was well short of the worst before it.
So this makes 113th session one of the least productive of Congresses in modern history.
The legislative body approved far fewer bills than the group of lawmakers former President Harry Truman called the “do-nothing Congress.” Those legislators, serving from 1947 to 1949, passed some 900 laws, which is positively speedy compared to this current Congress.
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| Trueman's Do-nothing Congress ... |
...... this one was actually proud to declare that it passed more than 200 bills into law during the past two years .... which was well short of the worst before it.
