In 15 lame-duck years, 84 of 184 bills came after the session
Source. CRS R46574 Table 2 (updated August 31, 2026)
Method and data
Method. CRS counts regular bills by whether they were enacted before, during or after the lame-duck session of the Congress that ended in the fiscal year's first quarter. The pending FY2027 row is in the CSV but not plotted.
| Fiscal year | Congress | Regular bills | Before | During | After | After (%) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 103rd | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 105th | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 106th | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 107th | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 84.6 | |
| 2005 | 108th | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 109th | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 81.8 | |
| 2009 | 110th | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 75 | |
| 2011 | 111th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 100 | All 12 under full-year CR P.L. 112-10 (after) |
| 2013 | 112th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 100 | All 12 under full-year CR P.L. 113-6 (after) |
| 2015 | 113th | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8.3 | |
| 2017 | 114th | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 91.7 | |
| 2019 | 115th | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 58.3 | |
| 2021 | 116th | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 117th | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 118th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 100 | All 12 under full-year CR P.L. 119-4 (after) |
| 2027 | 119th | 12 | As of 2026-10-18: 0 of 12 enacted; interim CR through 2026-12-11. Not in the CRS table (R46574 covers FY1995-FY2025). |
Download which-bill-carried-the-money-12-lame-duck-completion.csv
