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
S. 24A 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".RMike Crapo IDJan 7, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee77 words10
S. 2432A 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".DAdam B. Schiff CAJul 24, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee74 words10
S. 3270A 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".DChris Van Hollen MDNov 20, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee78 words10
S. 3294A 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".DTim Kaine VADec 2, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee82 words10
S. 3296Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025RSusan M. Collins MEDec 2, 2025SubstantiveApproved by committee246 words94
S. 3331A 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".RMike Lee UTDec 3, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee80 words10
S. 3373A 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".DTammy Duckworth ILDec 4, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee87 words00
S. 3444A 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".DRichard J. Durbin ILDec 11, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee77 words10
S. 3630A 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".DMark R. Warner VAJan 14, 2026CeremonialApproved by committee79 words10
S. 3791Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization ActRRoger F. Wicker MSFeb 5, 2026SubstantiveApproved by committee458 words111
S. 3835A 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".RDavid McCormick PAFeb 11, 2026CeremonialApproved by committee83 words10
S. 4052A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Clay Street in Marshfield, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the "Edwin P. Hubble Post Office".REric Schmitt MOMar 11, 2026CeremonialApproved by committee77 words10
S. 4079PEARL ActDRuben Gallego AZMar 12, 2026SubstantiveApproved by committee121 words51
S. 4523A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the "Sorensen-Estrada Post Office".RJohn R. Curtis UTMay 13, 2026CeremonialApproved by committee71 words00
S. 4623A bill to 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".DMark R. Warner VAMay 21, 2026CeremonialApproved by committee75 words10
S. 4745A bill to 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".RJon Husted OHJun 10, 2026CeremonialApproved by committee80 words10
S. 4830A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".DBrian Schatz HIJun 18, 2026CeremonialApproved by committee85 words10
S. 5163No Bonuses for Bad Service ActRJosh Hawley MOJul 29, 2026SubstantiveApproved by committee437 words12
S. 5384Thirty-Two Hour Workweek ActIBernard Sanders VTSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee459 words01
S. 5385A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.DKirsten E. Gillibrand NYSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee158 words10
S. 5394Hands Off Our Great Lakes ActDKirsten E. Gillibrand NYSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee228 words00
S. 58A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".RTed Cruz TXJan 9, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee77 words10
S. 829A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office".RKevin Cramer NDMar 4, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee80 words10
S. 917A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office".RJohn Cornyn TXMar 10, 2025CeremonialApproved by committee86 words11
H.R. 1276To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.RJames Comer KYFeb 13, 2025SubstantiveBecame law363 words00

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