Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 10, 2026

Where this Congress’s bills stand

How far 17,070 bills have gotten

So far · as of Nov 10, 2026

In committee 15,421 90%

1 of 140 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 122 became law.

Excludes resolutions; includes ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 10, 2026 How we count stages How we classify bills

Shortcuts and dead ends

How endings are recorded

Endings

11Failed floor votevoted down in the House or Senate
2Vetoedby the President
2Veto upheldof the 2 vetoed
0Committee recommended against it7 resolutions of inquiry, in Bills + resolutions

Routes around committee

279Skipped committeeof the 980 that passed at least one chamber, with no committee report
106forced out of committee, by petition or Senate rule8 House discharge petitions reached 218 signatures this Congress

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

No lobbying on file10,218 bills · 8% past committee
1 to 4 organizations lobbied5,872 bills · 10% past committee
5 or more organizations lobbied909 bills · 22% past committee

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

Introduced → approved by committee140 days
15,421 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber18 days
669 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both96 days
821 not yet passed the other chamber
Passed both → became law20 days
17 awaiting the President
06 mo1 yrCongress ends

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

median 550
2001k10k100k1M
ShortestH.R. 899To terminate the Department of Education.17 words
LongestH.R. 8800National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027422,562 words

The median bill is 550 words; 3 are over 200,000.

Latest text version. 110 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.

GovInfo bill text, latest version · 119th so far Method

Every bill

7,973 bills · latest action first

BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 2466To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5225 Harrison Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, as the "Jay P. Larson Post Office Building".DEric Sorensen ILMar 27, 2025CeremonialPassed House79 words160
H.R. 323To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".RClaudia Tenney NYJan 9, 2025CeremonialPassed House83 words240
H.R. 3350To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 East 1st Street in Tustin, California, as the "Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building".RYoung Kim CAMay 13, 2025CeremonialPassed House80 words120
H.R. 3393To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12208 North 19th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the "Officer Zane T. Coolidge Post Office".RAbraham J. Hamadeh AZMay 14, 2025CeremonialPassed House80 words70
H.R. 4635To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 890 East 152nd Street in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "Technical Sergeant Alma Gladys Minter Post Office Building".DShontel M. Brown OHJul 23, 2025CeremonialPassed House86 words170
H.R. 4662To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".DLaura Friedman CAJul 23, 2025CeremonialPassed House74 words480
H.R. 4707To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1019 Avenue H in Fort Madison, Iowa, as the "Martin L. Graber Post Office".RMariannette Miller-Meeks IAJul 23, 2025CeremonialPassed House77 words30
H.R. 5058To 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".DSuhas Subramanyam VAAug 26, 2025CeremonialPassed House79 words100
H.R. 5773To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".DRaja Krishnamoorthi ILOct 17, 2025CeremonialPassed House77 words160
H.R. 5831To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 South Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as the "Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building".RTony Wied WIOct 24, 2025CeremonialPassed House86 words70
H.R. 6020To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Dueñez Jr. Post Office Building".DLauren Underwood ILNov 12, 2025CeremonialPassed House87 words160
H.R. 6247To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13355 North Lon Adams Road in Marana, Arizona, as the "Mayor Ed Honea Memorial Post Office".RJuan Ciscomani AZNov 21, 2025CeremonialPassed House81 words81
H.R. 6310To 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".DJamie Raskin MDNov 25, 2025CeremonialPassed House78 words70
H.R. 6317To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office".RRobert J. Wittman VANov 25, 2025CeremonialPassed House75 words100
H.R. 6332To 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".DJames R. Walkinshaw VADec 1, 2025CeremonialPassed House82 words111
H.R. 6808To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the "Pharmacist’s Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building".RAndrew Ogles TNDec 17, 2025CeremonialPassed House92 words80
H.R. 681To 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 purposesDWilliam R. Keating MAJan 23, 2025SubstantivePassed House73 words01
H.R. 6995To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 Highway 198 in Beaumont, Mississippi, as the "Jeremy Malone Post Office".RMike Ezell MSJan 9, 2026CeremonialPassed House73 words30
H.R. 7809To 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".RDavid J. Taylor OHMar 4, 2026CeremonialPassed House80 words140
H.R. 8481Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026RAbraham J. Hamadeh AZApr 23, 2026SubstantivePassed House453 words210
H.R. 9436Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026RMichael Lawler NYJun 24, 2026SubstantivePassed House55 words12
S. 1513Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration ActDMaria Cantwell WAApr 29, 2025SubstantiveApproved by committee464 words10
S. 164Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025RRon Johnson WIJan 21, 2025SubstantiveApproved by committee217 words62
S. 236A 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.DEdward J. Markey MAJan 23, 2025SubstantiveApproved by committee73 words10
S. 2394A 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".RTed Cruz TXJul 23, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee83 words10

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