President Barack Obama has signed just 15 bills into law thus far while battling congressional deadlock, according to Roll Call.
Before the Fourth of July congressional recess last year, Obama had signed 23 bills in the year with the smallest legislative output since World War II. During his first six months in office in 2009, the president signed 40 measures while working with a Democratic Congress, according to Roll Call.
Former presidents who worked with a Congress controlled partly by the opposing party passed far more legislation in the first six months of their terms, according to Roll Call.
