Vanity: FReeper research requested: How many bills are passed by Congress in a typical session?

Vanity | 8/19/02 | Willie Green

[Willie Green]

President	Congresses	Regular Vetoes	Pocket Vetoes	Total Vetoes	Vetoes Overridden
George Washington	1st- 4th	2	.....	2	.....
John Adams		5th-6th	.....	.....	.....	.....
Thomas Jefferson	7th-10th		.....	.....	.....		.....
James Madison	11th-14th	5	2	7	.....
James Monroe	15th-18th	1		.....	1	.....
John Quincy Adams	19th-20th	.....	.....	.....	.....
Andrew Jackson		21st-24th	5	7	12	.....
Martin Van Buren	25th-26th		.....	1	1		.....
William Henry Harrison	27th	.....	.....	.....	.....
John Tyler	27th-28th	6		4	10	1
James K. Polk	29th-30th	2	1	3	.....
Zachary Taylor		31st	.....	.....	.....	.....
Millard Fillmore	31st-32nd		.....	.....	.....		.....
Franklin Pierce	33rd-34th	9	.....	9	5
James Buchanan	35th-36th	4		3	7	.....
Abraham Lincoln	37th-39th	2	5	7	.....
Andrew Johnson		39th-40th	21	8	29	15
Ulysses S. Grant	41st-44th		45	48	93		4
Rutherford B. Hayes	45th-46th	12	1	13	1
James A. Garfield	47th	.....		.....	.....	.....
Chester A. Arthur	47th-48th	4	8	12	1
Grover Cleveland		49th-50th	304	110	414	2
Benjamin Harrison	51st-52nd		19	25	44		1
Grover Cleveland	53rd-54th	42	128	170	5
William McKinley	55th-57th	6		36	42	.....
Theodore Roosevelt	57th-60th	42	40	82	1
William H. Taft		61st-62nd	30	9	39	1
Woodrow Wilson	63rd-66th		33	11	44		6
Warren G. Harding	67th	5	1	6	.....
Calvin Coolidge	68th-70th	20		30	50	4
Herbert C. Hoover	71st-72nd	21	16	37	3
Franklin D. Roosevelt		73rd-79th	372	263	635	9
Harry S. Truman	79th-82nd		180	70	250		12
Dwight D. Eisenhower	83rd-86th	73	108	181	2
John F. Kennedy	87th-88th	12		9	21	.....
Lyndon B. Johnson	88th-90st	16	14	30	.....
Richard M. Nixon		91st-93rd	26	17	43	7
Gerald R. Ford	93rd-94th		48	18	66		12
James Earl Carter	95th-96th	13	18	31	2
Ronald Reagan	97th-100th	39		39	78	9
George Bush*	101th-102nd	29	15	44	1
William J. Clinton		103rd-106th	37	1	38	2
George W. Bush	107th		.....	.....	.....		.....
Total	............	1484	1066	2551	106

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[Militiaman7]

TOO MANY!

[Militiaman7]

Sorry for being such as smart a$$ in my other post. But your question was just too good to pass up.

Go to Thomas for some good information about Congress.

[mrsmith]

Note to self: read Senator Pardek's replies before replying!

[Dakmar]

I've not given much thought to the 17th Amendment, but #16 touches a nerve, especially the Federal Income Tax, and the establishment of the Federal Reserve.

I'm not a big fan of the Fourteenth Amendment either, because these days it's being exploited as the "anchor baby" law.

[Willie Green]

Note to self: read Senator Pardek's replies before replying!

Yeah, but be careful not to take the Senator too seriously.
Gotta keep him honest, just like the rest of us. ;^)

BTW, thank-you for your information.
It had never occurred to me that 'private laws' were passed as well!

[Willie Green]

H.R.2577 : To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 310 South State Street in St. Ignace, Michigan, as the "Bob Davis Post Office Building".

Who is Bob Davis and why does he need his own Post Office?

[Senator Pardek]

It had never occurred to me that 'private laws' were passed as well!

You'll love the details on the one that was passed last year, Willie!

[Dakmar]

Click HERE to see how much paperwork and government faulderal has gone into the effort just to rename a stupid-ass little post officde in St. Ignace, Michigan.

[Willie Green]

It appears that quite a few of the "private laws" are waivers of immigration/naturalization requirements for specific individuals.
Others seem to be financial reimbursement of individuals/companies who may have gotten "screwed" by some bureacratic glitch or technicality, although that has potential for abuse as well.

[Willie Green]

Click HERE to see how much paperwork and government faulderal has gone into the effort just to rename a stupid-ass little post officde in St. Ignace, Michigan.

I bet the people of St. Ignace won't even notice the difference.
They'll walk past the plaque daily without even seeing it.
And simply call the building the same thing they always have: "The Post Office".

[Ken H]

Who was Bob Davis and why does he need his own Post Office?

He was a man of Letters, I understand.

LOTS of Letters.

[Willie Green]

You'll love the details on the one that was passed last year, Willie!

Actually, upon reflection and having the opportunity to view a few of these "private laws", I have no problem with them despite the potential for abuse and incidents of "special favors". At least they're short, straightforward, and easy to understand.

I suppose it's more those humongous "omnibus" bills that we have to worry about. They bury and camoflage all kinds of nefarious, sleezy stuff in those with wording that the Average Joe has absolutely no hope of understanding.

[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.