Nearly 700 measures passed by the House in the 119th Congress are pending in the Senate.
Posted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Checked
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 10, 2026No source reports how many House-passed measures from the 119th Congress are pending in the Senate, so the claim's figure cannot be graded. Sources give a House-passed total of 922 as of Sept. 14, 2026 (Snopes) and a Senate calendar count of 140 House measures as of Jan.
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… Well, let me, let me say this, okay? We tabulated how much, how many bills were actually passed because we lose track of it on any given day in the 119th Congress, the House Republicans led in the majority. We have passed 1000 measures of the House. Okay. Almost 700 of them are stacked up in the hopper in the Senate right now. Why? Because the Senate Democrats refused to move any legislation. They did not want to give the President and Republicans any. Any more wins as we went into this election cycle. So the question really is for the Senate. The House will work. …
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. Snopes, citing Congress.gov, reports the House had passed or agreed upon 922 measures as of Sept. 14, 2026, and found that the 119th Congress would likely fall short of prior Congresses on House bill totals.[1]
Context. The Senate's interim résumé through Jan. 3, 2026 lists 140 measures pending on the calendar in the House column, an earlier snapshot that does not measure how many House-passed measures are awaiting Senate action now.[2]
Context. The Congress.gov browse-by-date page shows running totals for the 119th Congress but does not break out House-passed measures pending in the Senate.[3]
Context. The claim matches the Speaker's own statement that 'almost 700' House measures are 'stacked up in the hopper in the Senate.' That statement is not independent evidence, and no source confirms or disputes that count.
Sources
3 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary
- 1Is current Congress most productive in 80 years, as Mike Johnson claimed? We checked the numberssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Interim Re´sume´ of Congressional Activity - U.S. Senatesenate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Action on Legislation - Browse by Datecongress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
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