Approximately 680 bills passed by the House are currently pending in the Senate.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 11, 2026The sources do not give a count of House-passed bills pending in the Senate as of 2026-11-11, so the specific figure of about 680 cannot be checked. The only figures near it, 'almost 700' and 'approximately 700', come from Johnson's own remarks as reported by an unrated outlet (source 5), which echoes the claim and is not independent corroboration.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… You might have seen my comments yesterday and we tabulated as of when we came back after the election we passed in this Congress, the Republicans leading the House passed a thousand measures across the House floor. 1,000 bills are over there in the Senate and almost 700 of them, I think the numbers around 680 to be precise, are stacked in the hopper, as we call it. They're just stacked up in the Senate. And some of those are big, important things. You know, big bills that have always traditionally been bipartisan. And Democrats in the Senate refused to do their job. …
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The claimant's figure of about 680 ("almost 700" in the passage) is not stated in any independent source. The only source reporting a similar figure is an unrated outlet (source 5) repeating Johnson's remarks, which is circular.[6]
Context. Snopes (Sept. 2026) reports the House had passed or agreed upon 922 measures as of Sept. 14, 2026, and that 139 pieces of legislation had passed both chambers. These totals do not give the number of House-passed bills awaiting Senate action.[1]
Context. The Senate's interim résumé covers January 2025 to January 2026 and reports 'measures pending on calendar' figures, not House-passed bills awaiting Senate action as of November 2026. Congress.gov's daily action page does not give a pending-in-Senate total.[4][5]
Context. The FactCheck.org and PolitiFact pieces are from 2019 and concern a different Congress, so they neither confirm nor refute the 2026 figure.[2][3]
Sources
6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 rated low
- 1Is current Congress most productive in 80 years, as Mike Johnson claimed? We checked the numberssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Pelosi's Bipartisanship Boast - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Is Congress doing anything besides impeachment?politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Action on Legislation - Browse by Datecongress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Interim Re´sume´ of Congressional Activity - U.S. Senatesenate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6Johnson Says Nearly 700 House-Passed Measures Remain Stalled in Senate as Republicans Face January Deadlineyournews.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: context
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