A divided Congress and other issues have led to the lowest number of bills passed in the first year of a congressional session in history, experts said.

Only 34 bills were passed last year, according to data.

Lawmakers are halfway through the congressional session, and it looks like it could be a historic one for the wrong reasons, according to congressional data.

The 118th Congress is on track to being one of the least functional sessions ever, with only 34 bills passed since January of last year, the lowest number of bills passed in the first year of a congressional session since the Great Depression, according to congressional records.

“Even comparing against other periods of divided government, 2023 was definitely not a high water mark for Congress’ productivity,” Molly Reynolds, a senior governance fellow at the nonpartisan research group the Brookings Institution, told ABC News.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    901·
    10 months ago

    Republicans complain that government is wasteful and inept, then they get elected and prove it.

    • Endorkend@kbin.social
      231·
      10 months ago

      That’s conservatives across the board, say things don’t work and prove it by making things not work.

      Over here the latest example of this is that they’ve been doing their best to ruin the public transport system for the past several decades, with a major push in doing so starting the sixth this month.

      The new transportation plan they pushed is designed to make public transport utterly useless for anyone that actually uses it regularly.

      • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        10 months ago

        Guess they’d be pretty happy with what they’ve accomplished by accomplishing nothing. An article like this is high praise in their eyes.

        • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          10 months ago

          Absolutely. Look at how those Freedom Caucus nutters operate. If they don’t get everything they want, then no one gets anything they want.

          All of us who didn’t storm the Capitol on Jan 6 are the real hostages here.

  • GiddyGap
    331·
    10 months ago

    The Republican Party exists to prove governmental dysfunction, so they create it.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
      41·
      10 months ago

      Fascists are stupid(ly) aggressive and do not stop when told “no”. Democrats negotiate before a bill is even ready for a vote and stop the second they are told, “no”.

      The problem is that Democrats are fundamentally incapable of standing up to unreasonable things. You are correct that they choose to rot. They choose to deploy surprise pikachu face in response to fascism…

      • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
        21·
        10 months ago

        Because every argument has two sides, and while you’re considering both sides it’s seen as nothing being done. That’s encouraged and magnified by people who want it to appear as is nothing is getting done and that’s a problem. While the other side is happy nothing is getting done and doesn’t see it as a problem but a goal.