House Approves Record Low Number of Bills Despite Hundreds of Votes, Marking Over a Decade of Declining Legislative Productivity
- House passed only 26 bills in 2023 that became law, despite 724 votes
- Lowest legislative productivity in over a decade
- Reflects extraordinary chaos and paralysis in the Republican-led House
- More voting, less lawmaking compared to prior years
- Contrasts with 248 bills passed and signed into law in 2022 under Democratic control