As of June 21 2011, the following twenty-four members of the House of Representatives still have failed to introduce a single bill or amendment for consideration by the 112th Congress. Most members of Congress in their first year have introduced legislation, but a few are still laggards. Members in their first term who have not [...]

An update on a previous report: Representative Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia has maintained his perfect record in Congress. Since he entered office more than five years ago, Rep. Westmoreland has represented his district through perfect inactivity, having failed to sponsor a single piece of legislation, a single amendment, or a single symbolic resolution in that [...]

Republican Representative John Culberson of Texas was first elected to Congress back in the year 2000. He’s had a decade to think things over and come up with some ideas. But John Culberson is still lingering in the mulling phase. He’s only introduced two bills in the 111th Congress: one a bill to congratulate the [...]

On his congressional web page, Georgia Democrat Sanford Bishop boasts that he “has authored a wide range of bills and resolutions.” In the sense that width is a measurement requiring two points, Bishop is technically correct. To date, there have been two and only two points of action for Sanford Bishop in the 111th Congress [...]

The Mountain Party of West Virginia is an enigma. Having received 4% of the vote in the 2008 elections, the Mountain Party has received official ballot status. This means that its candidates will automatically be granted permission to take part in elections in 2010, a great boon. And yet the party hasn’t released a newsletter [...]

With all the problems facing the United States of America in 2009, what has Rep. Vic Snyder of Arkansas been up to? He has introduced just one piece of legislation to the 111th Congress: a bill to commemorate the sinking of a boat on the Mississippi River back in 1865. That’s it in terms of [...]

When looking for current membership information on the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus, my eyebrows first arched when I read Rep. Major Owens listed as a current member. Major Owens hasn’t been in the Congress since 2006. Checking out the latest press releases, I notice they’re from… 2003. Yep, 2003. Nominal caucus leaders Linda [...]