House Democrats have passed nearly 400 bills. Trump and Republicans are ignoring them.

[TexasTowelie]

There’s a pervasive sense of legislative paralysis gripping Capitol Hill. And it’s been there long before the impeachment inquiry began.

For months, President Donald Trump has fired off tweet missives accusing House Democrats of “getting nothing done in Congress,” and being consumed with impeachment.

Trump may want to look to the Republican-controlled Senate instead. Democrats in the House have been passing bills at a rapid clip; as of November 15, the House has passed nearly 400 bills, not including resolutions. But the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee estimates 80 percent of those bill have hit a snag in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is prioritizing confirming judges over passing bills.

Congress has passed just 70 bills into law this year. Granted, it still has one more year in its term, but the number pales in comparison to recent past sessions of Congress, which typically see 300-500 bills passed in two years (and that is even a diminished number from the 700-800 bills passed in the 1970s and 1980s).

Read more: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/29/20977735/how-many-bills-passed-house-democrats-trump

[KPN]

1. And they'll all be sitting there ready to go

or be resurrected when we Dems win the Senate and the WH!

A lot to look forward to.

[greymattermom]

3. Senate Dems should start reviewing them.

Maybe they can pass the whole lot on one day.

[rickford66]

4. Don't the bills expire and need to be created anew after the 2020 election?

I don't know bills carry over to the new Congress.

[KPN]

9. I'm pretty sure that's correct ... and why I said "or resurrected". But the template or final draft

proposed bill will at least already be in place to boot the process.

[Hortensis]

2. As KPN says. Fwiw, some workaday bills have been passed.

Not the really important, controversial ones about who we are and what government should be doing, certainly not our giant For the People Act to rescue our democracy, but mostly some need-to-dos flying below the partisan spotlight.

[smirkymonkey]

5. Isn't this Mitch's game?

He does this purposely to make the Democrats seem to be ineffective. He will do anything to spite us. We need to do anything to remove him from office.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Moscow Mitch has always put party over country

Moscow Mitch abuses his office just like all good little GOPers.

[spanone]

6. K&R...👍🏼👍🏼

[moondust]

7. Moscow Mitch

is an undemocratic and unAmerican abuser of power; an enemy of The People who makes the Kremlin smile.

[SMC22307]

8. Our messaging leaves a lot to be desired.

If this were Fat Nixon and the Rs, they'd be shouting it from the rooftops. I see all over social media posts about 'do-nothing Dems' and then fierce pushback from the rest of us. There was an OP the other day about decades of data proving that the economy does better under Dems... that needs to be shouted as well. And they better get on board FAST with protecting Social Security b/c if Trump gets a second term, they're coming for it.... HARD. And while I'm at it, Medicare at 55. People my age - of all political stripes - would be running to the polls to vote for Democrats.

[malaise]

11. Thanks