It's a measure of productivity, not necessarily quality. Sure it's possible to be productive without being effective (pass a lot of shitty laws), but it's impos

It's a measure of productivity, not necessarily quality. Sure it's possible to be productive without being effective (pass a lot of shitty laws), but it's impossible to be effective without being productive (pass no laws at all), unless there is little to fix, which is most certainly not the case. When people complain that this is the least effective Congress in history, they mean it has spent all of its time debating and posturing, rather than actually passing any laws.