Interesting Congress Statistics

[Willie T]

Here are the number of legislative days for the House and Senate each year in recent history:

• 2016: 131 in the House, 165 in the Senate.
• 2015: 157 in the House, 168 in the Senate.
• 2014: 135 in the House, 136 in the Senate.
• 2013: 159 in the House, 156 in the Senate.
• 2012: 153 in the House, 153 in the Senate.
• 2011: 175 in the House, 170 in the Senate.
• 2010: 127 in the House, 158 in the Senate.
• 2009: 159 in the House, 191 in the Senate.
• 2008: 119 in the House, 184 in the Senate.
• 2007: 164 in the House, 190 in the Senate.
• 2006: 101 in the House, 138 in the Senate.
• 2005: 120 in the House, 159 in the Senate.
• 2004: 110 in the House, 133 in the Senate.
• 2003: 133 in the House, 167 in the Senate.
• 2002: 123 in the House, 149 in the Senate.
• 2001: 143 in the House, 173 in the Senate.

House Averages 18 Hours of Work a Week

There's a little more to this analysis than just the number of days lawmakers are scheduled to cast votes. A 2013 analysis conducted by The New York Times found that the House was in session for 942 hours that year, or about 18 hours a week.

That level of work, The Times noted, was the least by any Congress in a non-election year in nearly a decade. By comparison, the House worked

• 1,700 hours in 2007,
• 1,350 hours in 2005,
• and 1,200 hours in 2011.

The same went for the Senate, which had 99 voting days in 2013.

 

[amadeus]

But... to be fair it is likely that Congressional people work additional hours on business related issues when Congress is not in session.

 

[Enoch111]

But... to be fair it is likely that Congressional people work additional hours on business related issues when Congress is not in session.

Not really. What they probably do is work on raising more cash for themselves for the next campaign. In the meantime, had they been working for a business, they would all have been fired. Congress and Senate are probably the most unproductive bunch of do-nothings around.

 

[amadeus]

Not really. What they probably do is work on raising more cash for themselves for the next campaign. In the meantime, had they been working for a business, they would all have been fired. Congress and Senate are probably the most unproductive bunch of do-nothings around.

Well never having been in one of their offices I have no experience with that part of it, but I did speak of one of the US Senators from Oklahoma on the phone and he was in his office in Oklahoma while Congress was not in session. I was working for Social Security so it was official business on behalf a voter as well as a Social Security applicant.

 

[Marymog]

Not really. What they probably do is work on raising more cash for themselves for the next campaign. In the meantime, had they been working for a business, they would all have been fired. Congress and Senate are probably the most unproductive bunch of do-nothings around.

I wish they would be unproductive and do nothing....especially the Democrats who have now become socialist.

 

[Enoch111]

I wish they would be unproductive and do nothing....especially the Democrats who have now become socialist.

And worse. To actively promote anarchy, lawlessness, racial hatred, and incessant lies against a duly elected President is nothing short of sedition and treason. Why has an independent commission not be established to deal with these evildoers? Everyone involved with the Mueller Witch Hunt -- starting with Obama -- should have already been behind bars (including Mueller).

 

[Bobby Jo]

... Obama ... .

His head is already on a platter. We're simply waiting for the lid to be lifted.

Bobby Jo