[Ken H]

There was a thread that dealt with this a while back, about two months ago if I'm not mistaken.

I think the number was something like 4000, although that figure may represent both laws passed and new Federal regulations imposed by bureaucrat agencies.

[Phantom Lord]

what I was looking for whan I asked Willie the question was the number of bills passed by congress that reach the presidents desk for his signature, thus making it law.

I suspect that most of what gets put into place today is done by the bureaucrats through regulations.

But it is a question worth finding the answer too. How many bills does congress send to the president a year?

[Willie Green]

I think the number was something like 4000, although that figure may represent both laws passed and new Federal regulations imposed by bureaucrat agencies.

Phantom Lord and I aren't talking about the regulations imposed by the various bureacratic agencies. Just the number of Bills passed by Congress and sent to the President for signing. It would be helpful for "completing" the table and aid in calculating what percentage of the bills are vetoed.

I suppose if one wanted to get fanatical about data, one could also include a column for all the bills that are introduced in Congress. But a lot of bills die in committee, or aren't passed, or don't make it to the President for some other reason.

But the number of bills that the President actually signs seems like a fairly simple, straightforward question.

[DonQ]

Your number must certainly include federal regulations - which is sort of unfair, since a single Act of Congress could necessitate several govt agencies into revising or devising several regulations.

The Public Law numbers for the two year (two session) Congresses over the past decade show that each Congress enacted between 330 and 580 Public Laws, so divide that in half to produce an average for a session.

but this statistic doesn't reflect the very large number of proposals that Congress considers, tries to tune up, and finally rejects.