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Many Votes, Very Few Laws -- 2023 House of Representatives in review

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  • AxtremusA Away
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/house-republicans-laws-year.html

    House Dysfunction by the Numbers: 724 Votes, Only 27 Laws Enacted
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    In 2023, the Republican-led House has passed only 27 bills that became law, despite holding a total of 724 votes.
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    That is more voting and less lawmaking than at any other time in the last decade, ... The House held 549 votes in 2022, according to the House clerk, and passed 248 bills that were signed into law, ...

    Many of those 2023 votes were about personnel issues:

    ... numerous votes for numerous speaker candidates (19 across two historic speaker elections), multiple attempts to expel Representative George Santos of New York from Congress (three), failed and successful votes on censuring Democratic lawmakers (six) ...

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      The fewer, the better.

      Well done.

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      • CopperC Copper

        The fewer, the better.

        Well done.

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        @Copper said in Many Votes, Very Few Laws -- 2023 House of Representatives in review:

        The fewer, the better.

        Well done.

        Agreed.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          I dont think that there is any surprise in the numbers.

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            They call those “messaging bills”. The congressional equivalent of press releases.

            When we went to get our bill reintroduced this session, our lead sponsor (R-FL) said she couldn’t introduce it until late spring because the first 4-5 months of the year was to be spent on messaging bills.

            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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              Following the "government is best that governs least" model. Chip Roy of Texas seems unhappy with this strategy.

              Link to video

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                That video is exactly what congress seems all about now - social media clips.

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                  By the way, he’s now a RINO, according to the fat guy.

                  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    By the way, he’s now a RINO, according to the fat guy.

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                    @jon-nyc said in Many Votes, Very Few Laws -- 2023 House of Representatives in review:

                    By the way, he’s now a RINO, according to the fat guy.

                    Better a RINO than a hippo.

                    I was only joking

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      By the way, he’s now a RINO, according to the fat guy.

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