New Congress will have a few more veterans, but their share of lawmakers is still near a record low
The new House will have 80 members who’ve served in the military, or 18.4% of members. That’s up from 75, or 17.2%, in the 117th Congress.
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The new House will have 80 members who’ve served in the military, or 18.4% of members. That’s up from 75, or 17.2%, in the 117th Congress.
Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
The 117th Congress’ total legislative output stands at 36 laws – only 30 of which count, by our criteria, as substantive legislation.
No lame-duck session in the nearly 5 decades for which data is available has been as legislatively productive as that of the 116th Congress.
Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.
A conversation with the director of the Center’s Data Labs team on their new report on congressional communications and the uses and misuses of “big data.”
Women now make up 20% of Congress, a record high. But women have more representation in most countries’ national legislatures.
Lame duck congressional sessions have become more common in recent years, but their actual legislative productivity has varied considerably.
In last year’s elections, winners won by at least 10 points in all but 62 of the 435 House districts.
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