Everyone wants our US Congress to perform. Perhaps what is required are some simple, non-partisan performance measures. To get things started, the following is my list of things I would like to see documented by our elected Representatives:
- days in session per month
- days in session per year
- bills passed per bills introduce
- bills passed by more than the majority party's advantage
- bills passed by more than 10% of the majority party's advantage
- bills passed by more than 20% of the majority party's advantage
The bills passed should also be categorized. A bill passed to honor National Dairy Week or to name a Post Office after someone is not the same as an Immigration Bill.
After we have a couple of data points then some analysis can be done on the trends. Doesn't this sound like how one would run a business. Wouldn't it be nice if the US Congress, rather than giving us the business was actually doing business for us?
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