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An interesting Congressional Record from Jan-June
Posted: Jul 11, 2017
There's a lot more to this Record. You'll have to follow the link to see how many confirmed and nonconfirmed nominations for government positions. It might open some eyes. There is plenty more in both bills/laws/resolutions and the nominations/confirmations. I just did a summary to give an idea. See link for full details but it breaks down each arm of the service, too.
Resume of Congressional Activity
FIRST SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative
business transacted by the Senate and House.
The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the
Senate by the President for Senate confirmation.
DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
January 3 through June 30, 2017
Senate House Total
Days in session............... 101 99 . .
Time in session............... 655 hrs., 7 449 hrs., 3 . .
Congressional Record:
Pages of proceedings........... 3,867 5,380 . .
Extensions of Remarks.......... . . 939 . .
Public bills enacted into law. 14 29 43
Private bills enacted into law . . . . . .
Bills in conference........... . . . . . .
Measures passed, total........ 175 363 538
Senate bills................... 25 9 . .
House bills.................... 15 230 . .
Senate joint resolutions....... 7 5 . .
House joint resolutions........ 14 16 . .
Senate concurrent resolutions.. 4 4 . .
DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
January 3 through June 30, 2017
Civilian nominations, totaling 242, disposed of as
follows:
Confirmed...........................................50...
Unconfirmed........................................166...
Withdrawn...........................................26...
Summary
Total nominations carried over from the First Session....0
Total nominations received this Session.............10,782
Total confirmed......................................7,773
Total unconfirmed....................................2,983
Total withdrawn.........................................26
Total returned to the White House........................0
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