The House of Representatives has passed more than 1,000 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 12, 2026House Republicans have led by example and made history in the 119th Congress. In spite of our razor-thin margin and unprecedented Democrat obstruction, we’ve passed more than 1,000 bills and resolutions so far. And we are not done yet! Incredibly, almost **700** of those remain stuck in the Senate because the Democrats refuse to allow them to move. …
The sources give no figure for the House's total as of 2026-11-12. Snopes reports 922 pieces of legislation passed or agreed to as of Sept. 14, 2026, an earlier snapshot about 78 short of 1,000, so it neither confirms nor refutes the claim. The claim's wording also matches the post's passage, so it does not depart from the post.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What we found
Context. Snopes, citing Congress.gov, reports the House had passed or agreed upon 922 pieces of legislation as of Sept. 14, 2026, which is below 1,000 but predates the claim by about two months.[1]
Context. Snopes rated Johnson's claim that this is the most productive Congress in 80 years as false, but that rating concerns comparative productivity, not whether the House has passed more than 1,000 measures.[1]
Context. The Clerk's roll-call record shows House votes continuing through Nov. 11, 2026, so the count was still rising after Snopes' September snapshot, but no source states the total as of Nov. 12.[2]
Sources
2 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary
- 1Is current Congress most productive in 80 years, as Mike Johnson claimed? We checked the numberssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representativesclerk.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
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