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

Where this Congress’s bills stand

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How far 17,070 bills have gotten

So far · as of Nov 10, 2026

In committee 15,426 90%
Sent to committee, never taken up14,591 85%Discussed in committee, not voted out835 5%Approved by committee665 4%Passed the House or Senate820 5%Passed the House and Senate17 <1%Vetoed2 <1%Became law140 <1%1 ceremonial

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 979 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 · 21% 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 committee139 days
15,426 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber18 days
665 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both96 days
820 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 139 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. 111 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.

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

Every bill

279 bills · latest action first

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BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
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. 6048NDO Fairness Act of 2025RScott Fitzgerald WINov 17, 2025SubstantivePassed House1.9k words11
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. 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. 2069Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025RBarry Moore ALMar 11, 2025SubstantiveBecame law1.6k words30
S. 5123Lunar Landing Day ActRTim Sheehy MTJul 23, 2026SubstantivePassed Senate627 words30
H.R. 1722Billion Dollar Boondoggle ActRMariannette Miller-Meeks IAFeb 27, 2025SubstantivePassed House538 words30
H.R. 1829Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2026RElijah Crane AZMar 4, 2025SubstantivePassed House1.9k words00
H.R. 204ACRES ActRThomas P. Tiffany WIJan 3, 2025SubstantivePassed House828 words02
H.R. 7283Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency ActRPat Fallon TXJan 30, 2026SubstantivePassed House57 words10
H.R. 1118Value Over Cost Act of 2026RByron Donalds FLFeb 7, 2025SubstantivePassed House46 words10
H.R. 9770Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027RTom Cole OKJul 18, 2026SubstantivePassed House2.7k words02
H.R. 4123FIT Procurement ActREric Burlison MOJun 25, 2025SubstantivePassed House2.4k words30
H.R. 5362To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic".RBarry Loudermilk GASep 15, 2025CeremonialPassed House509 words130
H.R. 5578Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2026DRobert Garcia CASep 26, 2025SubstantivePassed House1.5k words10
H.R. 6330Federal Relocation Payment Improvement ActRBrian Jack GADec 1, 2025SubstantivePassed House396 words01
H.R. 8823Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA ActRRyan Mackenzie PAMay 14, 2026SubstantivePassed House236 words12
H.R. 2913Ukraine Support ActDGregory W. Meeks NYApr 14, 2025SubstantivePassed House14k words431
H.R. 4288To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California, as the "Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic".DJimmy Panetta CAJul 2, 2025CeremonialPassed House390 words522
H.R. 4647Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025DRosa L. DeLauro CTJul 23, 2025CeremonialPassed House981 words00

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