The Doing-a-Lot-of-Nothing Congress

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By Roxana Tiron

July 20, 2012 at 3:20 AM UTC

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This article is part of the July 23, 2012 issue of businessweek.

Lawmakers have sent only 54 bills to President Obama so far this year, making it one of the least productive sessions on record. Most of the new laws are trivial.