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Not just the pavement princess stuff - Congress is simply doing less period.[1] Through most of the 20th century, 1000+ laws/year was common. Since 2000, that'
by alistairSH 3y ago
Not just the pavement princess stuff - Congress is simply doing less period.[1]
Through most of the 20th century, 1000+ laws/year was common. Since 2000, that's dropped to <500 laws/year.
1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_...
- mensetmanusman 3y agoPages of laws passed is a better metric as the laws have become more bundled due to partisanship.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoEven then, one era might write more tersely than another.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoHard to measure between eras with the evolution of pork barrel politicking and other recent cultural practices.