Two spans, side by side · per-year rates
Clinton vs George Bush
Every countable outcome of each span, with per-year rates so different lengths compare fairly. Rates say how much happened, not whether it was good.
| Clinton | George Bush | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative | |||
| Laws enacted | 1,770221/yr #6/10 | 1,817227/yr #5/10 | |
| Notable laws | 65682/yr #3/10 | 849106/yr #1/10 | |
| New senators | 465.8/yr | 394.9/yr | |
| New representatives | 21427/yr | 20025/yr | |
| Executive | |||
| Nominees confirmed | 2,918365/yr #4/8 | 3,124391/yr #2/8 | |
| Agencies established | 425.3/yr | 526.5/yr | |
| Agencies abolished | 141.8/yr | 141.8/yr | |
| Executive orders signed | n/a | 29136/yr #4/5 | |
| Executive orders revoked | n/a | 567.0/yr #3/5 | |
| Final rules published | n/a | 31,8873,987/yr #1/5 | |
| Significant rules | n/a | 2,262283/yr #3/5 | |
| Judicial | |||
| Federal judges commissioned | 38248/yr #7/45 | 32941/yr #10/45 | |
| Appeals judges | 658.1/yr #6/45 | 627.8/yr #9/45 | |
| Supreme Court seats filled | 2 | 2 | |
| Precedents overruled | 172.1/yr #9/45 | 151.9/yr #11/45 | |
| Landmark rulings | 303.8/yr #10/45 | 303.8/yr #10/45 | |
| Fiscal | |||
| Real federal spending change over the span, inflation-adjusted | +14% | +58% | |
| Public debt added trillions | $1.66T$0.21T/yr | $4.90T$0.61T/yr | |
| Military | |||
| Troops abroad, change | −91,399 | 125,457 | |
| Armed conflicts entered | 1 | 6 | |
| Armed conflicts exited | 1 | 2 | |
| War operations spending trillions, DoD obligations | n/a | $0.63T$0.08T/yr | |
| Constitution | |||
| Constitutional amendments | 0 | 0 | |
Each span is its own CivicDiff comparison (click a span above for the full diff). "n/a" means the data doesn't cover that span: full law counts begin in 1973, executive orders and rules in 1994, nominations in 1981. Spending and troop changes are over the whole span, not per year.