425 Days: The 115th Republican Congress By the Numbers
From the House Democratic Leader's Press Office
425 Days: The 115th Republican Congress By the Numbers
425: Days since the start of this
221: Days the GOP House has been in session, 60 of which were pro-forma days in which the House gaveled in & out in a matter of minutes & no legislative business was completed
ZERO: Number of bills that have been considered under an open rule so far this
2: Times Congressional Republicans have shut down the federal government so far this year
100 : Percent of
83: Percent of the tax cuts in the
86 million: Middle class families will see their taxes go up by 2027, as a result of the
36: Percent of Americans that approve of the Republican tax bill according to a
2 : Percent of
68 : Percent of Americans support stricter gun violence prevention measures according to a
4 : Major retailers that have put in place restrictions on gun purchases that are stronger than federal laws as this
235 :
17: Days since Seventeen students and teachers at
11: Moments of silence observed on the House floor to remember lives lost because of gun violence - the only action
204 : Members of
ZERO :
92 : Members of
2: Times Republicans have voted to prevent an up-or-down vote to establish a bipartisan
227 :
ZERO : Number of
229 :
22,000: DREAMers have lost their protected status since
23: Times House Republicans blocked a vote on H.R. 3440, the bipartisan DREAM act, which protects innocent DREAMers from the cruelty of deportation and gives them a path to citizenship (2017 Vote #442 ; 2017 Vote #457 ; 2017 Voice Vote ; 2017 Vote #486 ; 2017 Vote #532 ; 2017 Vote #538 ; 2017 Vote #546 ; 2017 Vote #560 ; 2017 Vote #572 ; 2017 Vote #592 ; 2017 Vote # 616 ; 2017 Vote #626 ; 2017 Vote #644 ; 2017 Vote #659 ; 2017 Vote #676 ; 2017 Vote #704 ; 2018 Vote #9 ; 2018 Vote #20 ; 2018 Vote #47 ; 2018 Vote #58 ; 2018 Vote #67 ; 2018 Vote #72 ; 2018 Vote #84)
196 :
220 :
42 :
ZERO: Number of full committee hearings in either the
194 :
7: Times Republicans have blocked a vote on a bill to require Presidents and candidates for President to disclose their tax returns (2017 Vote #62, 2017 Vote #103, 2017 Vote #199, 2017 Vote #217, 2017 Vote #224, 2017 Vote #263 ; 2017 Vote #290)
193 :
230 :
9: Times Republicans have voted to block bringing up a bill to create a bipartisan, independent, outside commission to investigate
30 :
69: Times House Republicans have voted to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act since 2011.
4:
7: Times Republicans have voted for measures attacking women's health care so far in this
217 :
ZERO: Number of public hearings held on the House Republican-backed Trumpcare where lawmakers could have heard from outside experts on the implications and consequences of the bill, before it was reported to the House Floor
22-32 million: Number of Americans who would lose health coverage under the various iterations of Trumpcare, according to the nonpartisan CBO
5
233 :
218 :
3: Times House Republicans blocked a vote on H.R. 685, the Bring Jobs Home Act, which ends tax breaks for corporations sending jobs overseas, and creates new incentives to create good-paying jobs here in
2: Times Republicans voted to prevent a vote on H.R. 2510, a bill which creates new American jobs by providing direct investments in our broken wastewater infrastructure and encouraging innovative investments in clean water projects (2017 Vote #316, 2017 Vote #382)
234:
2: Times House Republicans voted against a "Made in America" amendment requiring that specific infrastructure and construction projects use materials and equipment made in the
100 : Percent of
229 :
233 :
93 : Percent of
4: Times House Republicans blocked bringing up a bill to rescind
99 : Percent of
229 :
13 :
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