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The following two tables summarize
the workload of the Senate and House
of Representatives from the 80th Congress (1947-48) through
the 106th Congress (1999-00) using these indicators: number of
bills introduced, number of bills passed, number of recorded
votes taken on the floors of the respective chambers, the number
of days in session, and the number of committee and subcommittee
meetings. These data are drawn from a much more extensive study
of congressional statistics, Vital Statistics on Congress,
2001-2002 (Washington: American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research, 2000):146-47 by Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas
E. Mann, and Michael J. Malbin. To order this excellent book,
vist AEI's web site at http://www.aei.org/press.htm.
Senate
Workload, 1947-2000
Congress |
Bills
introduced |
Bills
passed |
Recorded
votes |
Days
in
session |
Committee,
subcommiittee
meetings |
80th
(1947-48) |
3,186 |
1,670 |
248 |
257 |
n.a. |
81st
(1949-50) |
4,486 |
2,362 |
455 |
389 |
n.a. |
82nd
(1951-52) |
3,665 |
1,849 |
331 |
287 |
n.a. |
83rd
(1953-54) |
4,077 |
2,231 |
270 |
294 |
n.a. |
84th
(1955-56) |
4,518 |
2,550 |
224 |
224 |
2,607 |
85th
(1957-58) |
4,532 |
2,202 |
313 |
271 |
2,748 |
86th
(1959-60) |
4,149 |
1,680 |
422 |
280 |
2,271 |
87th
(1961-62) |
4,048 |
1,953 |
434 |
323 |
2,532 |
88th
(1963-64) |
3,457 |
1,341 |
541 |
375 |
2,493 |
89th
(1965-66) |
4,129 |
1,636 |
497 |
345 |
2,889 |
90th
(1967-68) |
4,400 |
1,376 |
595 |
358 |
2,892 |
91st
(1969-70) |
4,867 |
1,271 |
667 |
384 |
3,264 |
92nd
(1971-72) |
4,408 |
1,035 |
955 |
348 |
3,559 |
93rd
(1973-74) |
4,524 |
1,115 |
1,138 |
334 |
4,067 |
94th
(1975-76) |
4,114 |
1,038 |
1,290 |
320 |
4,265 |
95th
(1977-78) |
3,800 |
1,070 |
1,151 |
337 |
3,960 |
96th
(1979-80) |
3,480 |
997 |
1,043 |
333 |
3,790 |
97th
(1981-82) |
3,396 |
803 |
966 |
312 |
3,236 |
98th
(1983-84) |
3,454 |
936 |
673 |
281 |
2,471 |
99th
(1985-86) |
3,386 |
940 |
740 |
313 |
2,373 |
100th
(1987-88) |
3,325 |
1,002 |
799 |
307 |
2,493 |
101st
(1989-90) |
3,669 |
980 |
638 |
274 |
2,340 |
102nd
(1991-92) |
4,245 |
947 |
550 |
287 |
2,039 |
103rd
(1993-94) |
3,177 |
682 |
724 |
291 |
2,043 |
104th
(1995-96) |
2,266 |
518 |
919 |
343 |
1,601 |
105th
(1997-98) |
2,718 |
586 |
622 |
296 |
1,954 |
106th
(1999-2000) |
3,343 |
819 |
672 |
303 |
1,862 |
House Workload, 1947-98
Congress |
Bills
Introduced |
Bills passed |
Recorded
votes |
Days in
Session |
Committee,
subcommittee
meetings |
80th (1947-48) |
7,611 |
1,739 |
159 |
254 |
n.a. |
81st (1949-50) |
10,502 |
2,482 |
275 |
345 |
n.a. |
82nd (1951-52) |
9,065 |
2,008 |
181 |
274 |
n.a. |
83rd (1953-54) |
10,875 |
2,129 |
147 |
240 |
n.a. |
84th (1955-56) |
13,169 |
2,360 |
147 |
230 |
3,210 |
85th (1957-58) |
14,580 |
2,064 |
193 |
276 |
3,750 |
86th (1959-60) |
14,112 |
1,636 |
180 |
265 |
3,059 |
87th (1961-62) |
14,328 |
1,927 |
240 |
304 |
3,401 |
88th (1963-64) |
14,022 |
1,267 |
232 |
334 |
3,596 |
89th (1965-66) |
19,874 |
1,565 |
394 |
336 |
4,367 |
90th (1967-68) |
22,060 |
1,213 |
478 |
328 |
4,386 |
91st (1969-70) |
21,436 |
1,130 |
443 |
350 |
5,066 |
92nd (1971-72) |
18,561 |
970 |
649 |
298 |
5,114 |
93rd (1973-74) |
18,872 |
923 |
1,078 |
318 |
5,888 |
94th (1975-76) |
16,982 |
968 |
1,273 |
311 |
6,975 |
95th (1977-78) |
15,587 |
1,027 |
1,540 |
323 |
7,896 |
96th (1979-80) |
9,103 |
929 |
1,276 |
326 |
7,033 |
97th (1981-82) |
8,094 |
704 |
812 |
303 |
6,078 |
98th (1983-84) |
7,105 |
978 |
906 |
266 |
5,661 |
99th (1985-86) |
6,499 |
973 |
890 |
281 |
5,272 |
100th (1987-88) |
6,263 |
1,061 |
939 |
298 |
5,388 |
101st (1989-90) |
6,683 |
968 |
915 |
281 |
5,305 |
102nd (1991-92) |
7,771 |
932 |
932 |
277 |
5,152 |
103rd (1993-94) |
6,647 |
749 |
1,122 |
265 |
4,304 |
104th (1995-96) |
4,542 |
611 |
1,340 |
289 |
3,796 |
105th (1997-98) |
5,014 |
710 |
1,187 |
251 |
3,624 |
106th (1999-2000) |
5,815 |
957 |
1,214 |
272 |
3,347 |
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