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“I don’t know how to say this without cussing. If they thought I had no Fs to give before, I definitely have no Fs to give now.”
— Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, explaining why he’ll vote against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
>150
The 118th Congress passed just under 150 bills over the last two years, according to the Quorum data provided to Axios. That’s down from more than 350 passed in the previous Congress — in which Democrats held control of both chambers and the White House. The 17 congresses since the start of George H.W. Bush’s presidency in 1989 have passed an average of more than 380 laws.
36 million
Time: “Currently there are 3.6 million cases pending before immigration judges, the largest number of pending cases in the history of the American immigration system. That is a 44% increase from the 2.5 million cases pending the year before. And the problem is only getting bigger, as more people continue to be put into deportation proceedings.”
$1.5 trillion
The world’s 500 richest people gained $1.5 trillion in wealth last year, per Bloomberg. Collectively, their net worth reached $10 trillion for the first time.
46,610
“Unlawful border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped to a four-year low, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with 46,610 people stopped between ports of entry in November,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “The number of illegal crossings that month marked an 18% decrease from the previous month, and the lowest level since July 2020.”
