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 |