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Congress on Track to Set Do-Nothing Record

“If lawmakers on Capitol Hill wanted to encapsulate the current session of Congress in a t-shirt slogan, they could go with: Support your party and don’t compromise.

The highly partisan environment in Washington has resulted in the most “do-nothing” congressional session since the end of World War II.
Of the more than 3,900 bills introduced, lawmakers have adopted just 147 this year—a passage rate of less than 4%. It is worth noting that 32 of the successful bills involved the naming of post offices and other buildings, while many others were of similar import.”
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