[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?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

How many? As many as they need to. Don't you think it varies?

http://capwiz.com/govexec/issues/bills/

[Senator Pardek]

Press here. All of the bills were passed into law.

[Ken H]

FYI, I flagged you guys to the thread about Federal regulations.

There were 4313 new regulations in 2000, but only 4132 in 2001. We are making tremendous progress!

[mrsmith]

Some recent info from NARA :
104th congress: 333 public laws, 4 private laws.
105th congress: 394 public laws, 10 private laws.
106th congress: 580 public laws, 24 private laws.
107th congress (so far): 209 public laws, 1 private law.

These are the ones signed by the president, and not vetoed or pocket vetoed.