An Exercise in Congressional Futility
The Congressional Reading Marathon
Spoiler: You'll never finish.
If you started reading every bill today...
You'd finish on
That's 1.4 years from now
Assuming you read 24/7 without sleep, food, or bathroom breaks
Bills This Session
10,000
(estimated)
Avg Bill Length
15,000
words per bill
Total Words
0.1B
billion words
Reading Speed
200
words/minute
Your Lifetime vs. Time to Read All Bills
Hope you weren't planning on sleeping, eating, or having a social life.
Ready to Start?
0.000000001% complete
At this rate, you'll finish in approximately never.
While You've Been on This Page...
0
New bills introduced
600,000
Pages to print
6,250
Coffees needed
8,333
Bathroom breaks
In the Time It Takes to Read All Bills, You Could...
Watch the entire Lord of the Rings extended edition
1,098 times
Drive to the Moon and back
2 times
Listen to every Beatles song ever recorded
1,174 times
Fun Fact
Congress members have staff to read bills for them. You don't. Good luck.
Start Small: Our Collection
We've collected 36 bills for you to browse. Only 9,964 more to go!
Methodology: These calculations assume 10,000 bills per congressional session with an average length of 15,000 words, read at 200 words per minute. Actual results may vary based on your tolerance for legalese, caffeine intake, and will to live. Side effects may include existential dread and a sudden appreciation for ignorance.