[CBSNews.com]

The 113th Congress has had the most unproductive first year in recent memory.
It’s official: the least- popular Congress in recent history is also the least productive, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center.
In its first year, the 113th Congress passed just 55 substantive pieces of legislation, 65 laws total counting measures like post-office renaming and commemorative-coin authorizations. It surpassed the 112th Congress, which passed 63 substantive measures in its first year and previously held the title for least-productive in recent memory.
Even the 80th Congress, which President Harry Truman nicknamed the “do-nothing Congress” had passed 395 bills into law by the end of 1947, its first year.