And, therefore, the 113th Congress, barring a legislative miracle, will soon officially be the least productive ever. Depending on what you mean by "productive," that is.

113th Congress, going down in history for its inaction, has a critical December to-do list. December 1, 2013 ...

Congratulations, 113th Congress, you were not the least productive in history. But it was close. Despite a sluggish pace for most of the last two years, a flurry of legislative activity during the ...

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The 113th Congress is going down as the least productive group of Washington legislators in modern history. This session's Congressional inaction has only ...

As the new members of the 113th Congress are sworn in—a quick look at the incoming Congress by the numbers. BALANCE OF POWER. The House Republican majority declines from 240 in the last Congress ...

Thanks to a rush of activity in its final days, 296 bills were signed into law during the 113th Congress (2013-2014), as of Dec. 19, barely surpassing the all-time low of 283 enacted during the ...

Today, the new 113 th Congress officially enters Capitol Hill. Their swearing-in represents a fresh start and the hope that maybe, just maybe, the ideological excesses and obstructionism of the ...

A confluence of factors — from a trio of wave elections, redistricting, divisive primaries to even death — kick off a 113th Congress populated by junior lawmakers in both chambers that ...

When the 113th Congress gavelled into session in January, it promised a renewed focus on cybersecurity legislation. The 112th Congress punted much of its cybersecurity legislation to its successor, ...

The women of the 89th Congress, via the U.S. National Archives. When Nancy Pelosi was a girl, she was fortunate enough to have dinner each night with her hero: her father, Baltimore Mayor Tommy D ...