Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 12, 2026
Where this Congress’s bills stand
How far 17,125 bills have gotten
So far · as of Nov 12, 2026
1 of 144 are ceremonial (post-office namings, coins, designations).
Ceremonial laws pile up in the lame duck: the 118th finished at 29%, but was at 11% at this point.
40 to 60% of a Congress’s laws arrive after Election Day.
90% of this Congress’s bills have not left committee; the 118th was at 92% at month 22. 1 in 119 became law.
Shortcuts and dead ends
How endings are recordedEndings
Veto upheld is part of vetoed. A count of 0 has no list to open. Skipped committee usually means suspension of the rules or unanimous consent; discharge is by House petition or Senate Rule XIV.
How far bills get, by lobbying
Each group by stage reached · colors as in the bar above
Bills that 5 or more organizations lobbied on got past committee nearly three times as often as bills with no lobbying on file.
Counts organizations that reported lobbying on a bill, once each, from filings made before the bill left committee. Only organizations with a PAC on file are counted (about 2,200), so universities, hospitals, local governments and most nonprofits are left out and “no lobbying on file” can include bills others lobbied on. Set aside: 71 must-pass bills (spending, defense, stopgap, budget) and the handful of bills lobbied by more organizations than almost any other (10 became law).
Lobbying disclosure filings · 119th so far Method
How long they take
median days10th–90th
Half of the bills a committee approved got there within 140 days.
Medians use only bills that made the step.
Action dates · 119th so far Method
How long they are
Words (each step is 10 times longer) · bills per bar
The median bill is 550 words; 3 are over 200,000.
Latest text version. 137 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 119th so far Method
Every bill
17,125 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 7809Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the "Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building".
- H.R. 8481Passed HouseKayleigh’s Law Act of 2026
- H.R. 8800Passed HouseNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- H.R. 9436Passed HouseNortheast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026
- S. 1513Approved by committeeLower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act
- S. 164Approved by committeeMidnight Rules Relief Act of 2025
- S. 236Approved by committeeA bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.
- S. 2394Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building".
- S. 24Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the "Representative Maxine Bell Post Office".
- S. 2432Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".
- S. 252Approved by committeeGOOD Act
- S. 2733Approved by committeeDuplication Scoring Act of 2025
- S. 3175Approved by committeeCIPZIP Act of 2025
- S. 3211Approved by committeeRecognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act
- S. 3270Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building".
- S. 3294Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building".
- S. 3296Approved by committeeImproving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
- S. 3331Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 50 East 100 North in Moab, Utah, as the "2nd Lieutenant Mitch Williams Post Office".
- S. 3373Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building".
- S. 3444Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
- S. 3618Approved by committeeNo Fentanyl on Social Media Act of 2026
- S. 3630Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46164 Westlake Drive in Sterling, Virginia, as the "Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building".
- S. 3700Approved by committeeFAA SMS Compliance Review Act of 2026
- S. 3791Approved by committeeRegional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act
- S. 3835Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 East Main Street in Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, as the "Robert Allen Bishop, Sr., Post Office Building".
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