Slide Show of the Week: Legislative Forecast for the 118th Congress

This week’s slide show is a look at key legislative data for the 118th Congress:

Highlights include:

• 2023 priorities are FY 2024 appropriations, 2023 Farm Bill, competition with China, and U.S. assistance to Ukraine
• Congress has become more conservative in the last 5 decades
• Both D’s and R’s have moved further from the center of the political spectrum
• Congressional approval ratings for the 118th Congress are near 116th Congress levels
• Raising the debt ceiling is likely to be a major legislative priority