Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 12, 2026
Where this Congress’s bills stand
How far 17,085 bills have gotten
So far · as of Nov 12, 2026
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.
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. 116 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 119th so far Method
Every bill
7,977 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 8695In committeeNo Delays in Disaster Relief Act
- H.R. 8699In committeeSafe Transit for All Act of 2026
- H.R. 8703In committeeTo designate the facility of the Federal Aviation Administration located at Yakima Air Terminal in Yakima, Washington, as the "Roy A. Rutherford Air Traffic Control Tower".
- H.R. 8707In committeeNo Funds for Iran War Act
- H.R. 8708In committeeMain Street BRIDGE Act
- H.R. 8713In committeeRAPID Responders Act of 2026
- H.R. 8715In committeeMake DTE Pay Act
- H.J.Res. 172In committeeProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect United States citizenship.
- H.J.Res. 173In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023-02: Reopening Deposit Accounts That Consumers Previously Closed".
- H.J.Res. 174In committeeProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for term limits for justices of the Supreme Court.
- H.J.Res. 175In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-02: Deceptive Marketing Practices About the Speed or Cost of Sending a Remittance Transfer".
- H.R. 5213Approved by committeeNo Federal Funds for Cashless Bail Act
- H.R. 8647In committeeRepresentative Green's Original Legislation to increase from 9 to 13 the number of justices of the Supreme Court.
- H.R. 8650In committeeMedicaid Outreach and Assistance for Communities Act of 2026
- H.R. 8654In committeeAfterschool for All Act
- H.R. 8655In committeeJersey Pride Tax Credit Act of 2026
- H.R. 8657In committeeCampus Lifeline Act of 2026
- H.R. 8659In committeeNursing is a Professional Degree Act
- H.R. 8664In committeeSBA AI Adoption Reporting Act of 2026
- S. 2280Passed SenateA bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 8641In committeeProtecting Passengers from Discrimination Act
- H.J.Res. 160In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-04: Whistleblower Protections Under CFPA Section 1057".
- H.J.Res. 161In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Bulletin 2012-04: Lending discrimination (April 18, 2012)".
- H.J.Res. 162In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Protections for Home Sales Financed Under Contracts for Deed".
- H.J.Res. 163In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Application of Regulation Z's Ability-To-Repay Rule to Certain Situations Involving Successors-In-Interest".
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