Eighteen Bills: Congress's Do-Nothingness Gets Even Worse

Just when you thought Congress couldn’t do any less ...

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By Megan O'Neil

July 18, 2013 at 11:29 PM UTC

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This article is part of the July 22, 2013 issue of businessweek.

By the time lawmakers quit town for their 2012 summer break, they’d passed just 54 bills, an impressive show of do-nothingness. In 2013 they’ve somehow done less—just 18 bills in seven months.