Year In Review: The Do-Nothing Republican Congress
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Issue Report
For Immediate Release:
2013-12-11T00:00:00
Number of Bills Signed into Law:
Of the Bills Signed into Law in 2013:
Rule Bills Signed into Law That Required Bipartisan Support to Pass:
Average of 158 Democratic votes; only 125 Republican votes
57: Bills Signed Into Law
48: Number of those Laws Passed in House Under Suspension, Voice Vote, or Unanimous Consent
5: Number of Rule Bills Signed Into Law Requiring Bipartisan Support to Pass
11: Number of Votes This Year to Undermine or Repeal the Affordable Care Act (46 votes since 2011)
*H.R. 325: No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (1/23)
*S. 47: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (2/28)
*H.R. 933: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (3/21)
*H.R. 2775: Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2775 – Debt Limit/Continuing Resolution (10/16)
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