The data doesn’t lie. This Republican House of Representatives passed just 22 bills that became law in 2023. In contrast, under Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi the previous House passed 85 bills in 2021, including landmark COVID-19 legislation and the infrastructure law.
In last week’s House Rules Committee hearing, Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado pointed that out, blasting Republicans for the profound waste of time they’ve been all year. “The data speaks for itself,” he said. “This will go down as the least productive Congress since 1933.”
“Think about that: the least productive Congress since the Great Depression,” he continued. ”That is what Republicans have brought the country in the form of their majority.” They’ve also brought the ridiculous and utterly baseless formal impeachment inquiry, which is what the House Rules Committee was wasting its time on when Neguse called Republicans out.
This House did manage to get the debt ceiling lifted and keep the government’s doors open. Their other accomplishments? They renamed some Veterans Affairs clinics and authorized a coin […]
The quantity of bill passage has zero relationship to the quality of legislation. To conflate the two is a profound error. I would rather have my legislators pass nothing than continue the pattern of passing misguided legislation for which we all pay the price.
This is nothing new among Republicans! They are only interested in POWER, not policy. Did they have a platform in the last presidential election—-a resounding NO, NO, No!!! They do absolutely nothing for the American people to help with health care, the environment, education, climate change. These are all topics that are anathema to them because they would have to study and research and come up with ideas that actually help people. No, all they want is POWER. Never forget that!
Terri Quinit
I totally agree with you Terri!