资料来源：百科全书，国会记录;图表：Stef Kight/Axios参议院今年有望夺得国会出席奖杯，迄今为止，开会时间比众议院多32个工作日。
Source: Ballotpedia, Congressional Record; Chart: Stef Kight/Axios The Senate is well on its way to claiming the congressional attendance trophy this year, spending 32 more weekdays in session so far than the House.
为什么重要：参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（RS.D.）和众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党人）一直被议员们焚烧--更不用说嘲笑他们逃学的民主党人了。
Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have been torched by members for all the time off — not to mention Democrats, who taunt them for their truancy.
- 参议院周三晚间离开，比众议院参议院晚两周，参众两院都离开了城镇，直到11月3日中期选举之后。
• The Senate left town late Wednesday — two weeks after its House counterparts — putting both chambers out of town until after the Nov. 3 midterms.
- “我想我提前两年离开众议院，”参议员吉姆·班克斯（Jim Banks）（印第安纳州共和党人）告诉Axios，开玩笑说众议院的工作天数比参议院少了多少天。
• "I suppose I left the House two years too soon," Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) told Axios, joking about how many fewer days the House has worked compared to the Senate this Congress. By the numbers:
按数字：根据Atlantpedia和Axios对国会日历的分析，今年迄今为止，参议院已开会104个工作日，而众议院仅开会72个工作日。
The Senate has been in session for 104 weekdays so far this year, compared with just 72 for the House, according to an analysis of congressional calendars by Ballotpedia and Axios.
- 参议院的会议时间已接近664小时，而截至9月，众议院的会议时间约为378小时根据国会记录中的数据，14。
• The Senate has spent nearly 664 hours in session, compared with about 378 hours for the House as of Sept. 14, according to data in the Congressional Record.
- 众议院不会很快迎头赶上：根据众议院目前的日历，参议院有望以约126个工作日结束一年，而众议院的工作日为92个。
• The House isn't catching up anytime soon: Under the chambers' current calendars, the Senate is on pace to finish the year with about 126 weekdays in session, compared with 92 for the House.
放大：众议院的一些休假时间是计划外的。·当约翰逊微弱的多数派在场上遇到麻烦，或者共和党叛军阻止程序性“规则”的通过时，约翰逊多次提前让议员回家。" ·缩短华盛顿工作周的决定遭到了一些强烈反对。
Zoom in: Some of the House's time off was unplanned. • Johnson has repeatedly sent members home early when his razor-thin majority has run into trouble on the floor, or GOP rebels have blocked passage of a procedural "rule." • Decisions to cut D.C. workweeks short have been met with some backlash.
- “再取消一天的投票是不可接受的，”众议员拉尔夫·诺曼（RS.C.）在约翰逊取消会议日后，在X上写道。“创始人没有想到休假这么长时间却仍然能拿到报酬。"
• "Canceling yet another day of votes is unacceptable," Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) wrote on X after Johnson canceled a session day. "The founders did not envision taking this much time off and still getting paid."
另一边：约翰逊一再辩称，他的商会已经完成了自己的工作。
The other side: Johnson repeatedly argues that his chamber has already done its job.
- 约翰逊本月告诉记者：“自1789年以来，众议院一直是该机构历史上立法效率第二高的众议院。”他表示，众议院已通过了900多项立法，其中大约700项正在等待参议院采取行动。
• "This House has been the second most productive in terms of legislation in the history of the institution since 1789," Johnson told reporters this month, saying the House had passed more than 900 pieces of legislation and roughly 700 were awaiting Senate action.
- 约翰逊的900多个数字包括不能成为法律的决议。《华盛顿邮报》发现，众议院已通过了732项法案，这些法案将在8月31日之前成为法律。
• Johnson's 900-plus figure includes resolutions that can't become law. The Washington Post found the House had passed 732 bills capable of becoming law through Aug. 31.
众议院通过的措施多于参议院（380票对269票），但1月3日至8月底期间，参议院举行了更多“赞成”或“反对”票（231票对216票）。
The House passed more measures than the Senate (380 to 269), but the Senate held more "yea" or "nay" votes (231 to 216) between Jan. 3 and the end of August.
众议院议员总体上提出了更多的立法，但参议院的人均生产力更高-每位参议员22件立法，而每位众议院议员只有9件。
• House members introduced more legislation overall, but the Senate was more productive per capita — 22 pieces of legislation per senator compared to nine per House member.
众议院通过了参议院提交的21项法案，参议院通过了众议院提交的20项法案。
• The House has passed 21 bills sent over by the Senate, and the Senate has passed 20 bills sent by the House.
- 参议院花了大量的时间来确认提名人-这是在众议院的投资组合之外。
• The Senate spends significant floor time confirming nominees — which is outside of the House's portfolio.