About half of Americans say Congress is less productive than in the past % accomplished who say that, compared to recent Congresses, this Congress has accomplished say of compared
Overall, views of the productivity of Congress are little changed over the past few years. When asked to compare the current Congress to recent sessions, about half of Americans (52%) say that it has accomplished less than usual, 8% say that it has accomplished more, and a third (33%) say that it has accomplished about the same amount as recent sessions of Congress.
About half of Americans say Congress is less  | productive than in the past  | % accomplished who say that, compared to recent Congresses, this Congress has  | accomplished say of compared  | 55  | Same 51  | Less 36  | 38  | 33  | More 10  | '94 '96 '98 00 02 '04 '06 '08 10 112 1114 "16  | Trump (R)  | Presidency  | Clinton (D)  | G.W. Bush (R)  | Obama (D)  | Senate  | House  | Note: Don tknow responses notshown Q34.  | Source Survey ofu.s adults conducted Nov. 29. -Dec 4 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 