Working Hard

Here are some numbers re the Congress:

Enacted 142 laws, the fewest of any Congress in the past two decades over an equivalent time span.In session even fewer days than last year’s 135 days. On an hours basis, it's  942 hours, an average of about 28 hours each week that it conducted business in Washington.

The Senate has spent 99 days casting votes this year, close to the recent low point for a nonelection year in 1991, when there were 95 voting days.