Republican-Led House Ends the Year as One of the Least Productive Congresses in a Century

“One thing,” Rep. Chip Roy yelled on the House floor. “I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing – one – that I can go campaign on and say we did.” House Republicans could not.

The 118th Congress has passed fewer than 25 bills into law, as of December 2023 – on pace to have the lowest number of bills passed in over 50 years. Yet instead of making any attempts to deliver for working families, House Republicans have completely abandoned governing, pursuing an illegitimate impeachment inquiry and tanking must-pass legislation with extreme poison pill policy riders. The vulnerable Republicans on the DCCC’s battlefield have voted in lockstep with the most extreme MAGA Members in their party to rip away women’s reproductive freedom, cut services for veterans, defund law enforcement, gut manufacturing jobs, and uphold a culture of corruption in Washington. Not exactly a winning message for voters in swing districts.

The 117th Congress, with a similarly sized Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, passed 81 bills into law within the same time frame. Democrats delivered bipartisan legislation to rebuild our infrastructure, crack down on fentanyl, and provide our nation’s veterans with the health care they deserve. Ashamed by their lack-of a voting record, House Republicans have begun taking credit for Democratic accomplishments that they actively opposed.

According to new polling, nearly 7 out of 10 voters in battleground districts said Republicans in Congress have prioritized the wrong things – and when you look at what House Republicans have accomplished this past year (or lack thereof), it’s no surprise why.

Bottom line: Censure. Expulsion. Impeachment. Resignation. These are the only things MAGA Republicans seem to care about, anything but delivering on the issues that matter most. That’s why this Republican-led House has the unfortunate distinction of being the most inefficient and least productive since the Great Depression. Expect the DCCC to draw continued contrast between Democrats’ record of accomplishments and the extreme, do-nothing agenda of House Republicans ahead of November 2024.

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