Days and Hours in Session

 

 

House days

House hours

Senate days

Senate hours

1947

144

686

143

807

1957

141

585

133

860

1967

189

868

200

1090

1977

174

881

178

1143

1987

169

909

170

1214

1997

132

1003

153

1093

2005

140

1067

159

1222

 

 

Measures Introduced and Passed

 

 

House measures introduced

House measures passed (%)

Senate measures introduced

Senate measures passed (%)

1947

5568

1029 (18.48%)

2312

841 (36.38%)

1957

10,716

1198 (11.18%)

3297

1210 (36.7%)

1967

17,180

892  (5.19%)

3207

965  (30.09%)

1977

12,490

734  (5.88%)

2896

705  (24.34%)

1987

4857

644  (13.26%)

2685

616  (22.94%)

1997

3728

544 (14.59%)

1840

385  (20.92%)

2005

5703

715 (12.54%)

2616

624  (23.85%)

 

 

Pages of Congressional Record and Number of Roll Call Votes

 

 

# of pages of  CR, House

# of roll call votes, House

# of pages of CR, Senate

# of roll call votes, Senate

1947

5739

84

6150

138

1957

5869

100

9423

111

1967

17,334

245

19,086

315

1977

13,082

471

19,974

636

1987

13,078

234

18,660

420

1997

10,963

285

12,724

298

2005

13,189

362

14,425

366