These five members of the House of Representatives were the most active in 2011, each introducing dozens of bills: Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA): sponsor of 61 bills in 2011 Rep. Don Young (R-AK): sponsor of 50 bills in 2011 Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX): sponsor of 47 bills in 2011 Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA): sponsor of [...]

As of May 31 2011, the following thirty-four members of the U.S. House of Representatives have not introduced a single bill or amendment for consideration in the 112th Congress. Members in their first term who have not introduced a single bill or amendment: Dan Beniskek of Michigan, conservative Republican Rick Berg of North Dakota, conservative [...]

As of May 4 2011, the following forty-nine members of the 112th Congress have introduced not one bill or amendment for consideration by the current U.S. House of Representatives since it gaveled into session five months ago. In their first term in the House: Dan Beniskek of Michigan, conservative Republican Rick Berg of North Dakota, [...]

The four members of the House of Representatives who have not yet introduced a single amendment or bill to the 112th Congress, or even cosponsored another member’s bill, are: John Carney [D-DE] Ed Perlmutter [D-CO-7] Nydia Velázquez [D-NY-12] Peter Visclosky [D-IN-1] All four are Democrats, and only one — John Carney of Delaware — is [...]

A check of the Statistical Abstract of the United States reveals the unenviable state of the state of Mississippi. Mississippi has the worst infant mortality rate in the country and ranks 48th out of 50 in the number of doctors per 100,000 people. Of the 50 states, Mississippi has the third highest rate of fatalities [...]

It’s been seven years since Rep. Jo Bonner first came to Congress, and it’s been a year since he took his seat as a member of the 111th Congress. Representative Bonner has had a lot of time to warm up. To date in the 111th Congress, Jo Bonner has not introduced one bill, not one [...]

You may recall that the 110th Congress was reviled by the right wing as a ‘Do-Nothing’ Congress for its supposed inactivity. As of November 7, 2007 the first session of the 110th Congress had met for 149 legislative days. But the 111th Congress is less active so far than the 110th, meeting as of November [...]