The 110th Congress is earning their 9% approval rating, but if the productivity of Congress were to be measured as the number of pointless resolutions they pass, well they would be killing the polls.

Barring a burst of legislative activity after Labor Day, this group of 535 men and women will have accomplished a rare feat. In two decades of record keeping, no sitting Congress has passed fewer public laws at this point in the session — 294 so far — than this one. That’s not to say they’ve been idle. On the flip side, no Congress in the same 20 years has been so prolific when it comes to proposing resolutions — more than 1,900, according to a tally by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense.

[From As U.S. Economic Problems Loom, House, Senate Sweat the Small Stuff - WSJ.com]