President Trump won a historic 2024 election victory, but the Republican-controlled Congress has failed to turn that win into legislative results. With fewer bills signed into law than any incoming president in 70 years, frustration is mounting among supporters.
Key Facts:
- Donald Trump won the 2024 election with 312 electoral votes and control of the presidency, House, and Senate.
- Republicans also won the popular vote and over 2,700 counties nationwide.
- Despite total GOP control, Congress has sent fewer bills to Trump than any Congress since the 1950s.
- Trump has signed only a handful of bills into law, relying instead on 124 executive orders.
- Past presidents, including Obama, Bush, and Clinton, had signed far more legislation by this point in their first terms.
The Rest of The Story:
President Trump’s 2024 victory was decisive, flipping all battleground states and securing a mandate that extended from the White House to both chambers of Congress.
With such a commanding win, expectations were high for swift and bold action on Trump’s policy promises—chief among them immigration reform, government downsizing, and economic revitalization.
However, the Republican-controlled House and Senate have failed to capitalize on the opportunity.
Reports from Punchbowl News confirm that Trump has signed fewer bills into law at this stage than any new president in 70 years.
While executive orders have surged—124 signed so far—Congress has sent only a trickle of legislation to the President’s desk.
By contrast, even presidents with divided governments managed more productive starts.
DO NOTHING CONGRESS: There are so many RINOs and NeverTrumpers in Congress that almost nothing can pass. This Congress has sent fewer bills to Trump than and Congress in 70 years. Would better leadership help or are the anti-Trump Republicans just too powerful?
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— @amuse (@amuse) May 11, 2025
Commentary:
This failure isn’t just embarrassing—it’s politically suicidal.
Republicans have been handed the reins of power on a silver platter.
Voters didn’t just choose Trump again—they demanded an agenda of strong borders, reduced spending, and restored American strength.
But GOP lawmakers seem more interested in ducking responsibility than delivering results.
It’s clear that many in Congress are comfortable in the minority.
They campaign as fighters, but once elected, they fold like a cheap suit.
This is why Trump has been forced to rely on executive orders—because the very people elected to support him are dragging their feet.
Whether due to cowardice, internal sabotage, or establishment resistance, the outcome is the same: a paralyzed legislative branch that refuses to act.
All of these incredible Executive Orders being signed by President Trump are worthless unless they are codified by Congress. The next president can simply rescind all of them. Enough with the endless vacations! The House and Senate should be working around the clock to codify…
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) May 12, 2025
And voters are watching.
If this pattern continues, Republicans risk losing the House in 2026—not because Trump is unpopular, but because GOP lawmakers are betraying their voters.
The GOP leadership must wake up.
A party that controls all levers of government and still fails to pass bills has no excuse.
Voters didn’t ask for symbolic wins or partisan theater.
They asked for action.
They want deportations, spending cuts, energy independence, and deregulation.
None of this is happening because the Republican Congress is failing to govern.
Republican lawmakers who continue to play it safe will soon find themselves out of a job.
The base is demanding bold, Trump-aligned action.
Anything less is a betrayal.
The GOP must decide: are they with the people and the president—or just pretending?
The Bottom Line:
Trump delivered a landslide and a Republican majority.
But Congress has squandered it.
With fewer bills passed than any new presidency in 70 years, the GOP risks alienating the very voters who gave them power.
If Republicans don’t get serious, the next election could reverse everything they just won.
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