📜Legislative BranchLegislative Output
Bill Passage Efficiency
What share of introduced bills are enacted into law each Congress?
4.8%
% enacted
vs. prior Congress
Updated MonthlyHigh data quality
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How many hearings are committees conducting, and are they leading to legislative action?
Total number of congressional committee hearings held per year, broken down by type (legislative, oversight, confirmation), and the ratio of hearings to bills reported out of committee and subsequently enacted.
Committee hearings are the primary mechanism for congressional oversight of the executive branch and for building the evidentiary record behind legislation. A decline in hearing frequency or oversight hearings may signal reduced legislative capacity or prioritization of floor activities over committee work.
Example Visualization
Annual hearing count broken down by type (oversight, legislative, confirmation) as stacked bars. Committee-level heatmap of hearing frequency. Hearing-to-enactment funnel chart.
What share of introduced bills are enacted into law each Congress?
Is Congress effectively exercising its oversight authority over the executive branch?