Congress - Research and data from Pew Research Center

For Global Legislators on Twitter, an Engaged Minority Creates Outsize Share of Content

Although most national officials use the platform, their posts receive only a small number of likes and retweets.

Most Americans Say Trump Was Too Slow in Initial Response to Coronavirus Threat

U.S. adults express wide concern that states will lift COVID-19 restrictions too quickly.

Tweets by members of Congress tell the story of an escalating COVID-19 crisis

More than half of all tweets sent by members of the U.S. Congress between March 11 and 21 were related to the coronavirus outbreak.

Nine months before Election Day, three dozen House members heading for the exits

So far, 28 representatives have announced they’re retiring; four other Republicans and three Democrats are running for other offices instead.

Republicans Now Are More Open to the Idea of Expanding Presidential Power

Neither party has an edge in favorability among the public

The changing face of Congress in 6 charts

Apart from its political makeup and policy objectives, the new Congress differs from prior ones in other ways, including its demographics.

For the fifth time in a row, the new Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse ever

More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.

A productivity scorecard for the 115th Congress: More laws than before, but not more substance

While the 115th Congress was more legislatively active than its recent predecessors, the proportion of substantive to ceremonial legislation was much the same.

In 116th Congress, at least 13% of lawmakers are immigrants or the children of immigrants

The 69 immigrants and children of immigrants in the 116th Congress claim heritage in 38 countries and are overwhelmingly Democrats.

Americans view this shutdown much as they did past ones – negatively and with much anxiety

No matter who they blamed for previous government shutdowns or how much they felt personally affected by them, most Americans have had negative opinions about them.

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