Editor’s Note: The 119th Congress in numbers, post-Labor Day edition
First full work week since July awaits the legislative branch
The 119th Congress is back for its first full week of legislative session since July, so what better time than to revisit our every-so-often Congress-by-the-numbers rundowns. Among the high- and lowlights: Another death, another resignation, tie-breaking votes and about a quarter of the population approving of Congress.
Public laws enacted
36
Tie-breaking Senate votes by Vice President JD Vance
7
Whole number of the House
431
Deaths
3 (Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va.)
Resignations
4 (Reps. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and Mark E. Green, R-Tenn.; Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Vance, R-Ohio. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who resigned in November of last year, did not take the seat he won in the November election)
Members of Congress currently running for non-congressional office
12
Congressional approval numbers, per Gallup
17 percent (January 2025)
29 percent (February 2025)
31 percent (March 2025)
28 percent (April 2025)
26 percent (May 2025)
23 percent (June 2025)
26 percent (July 2025)
24 percent (August 2025)
Jason Dick is editor-in-chief of Roll Call.
