average over the last 20 years of 149 public laws for the first full term. also on the list, this congress nearly allowed the federal government to shut down this past spring. don't forget, standard and poor's said congress was part of the reason they downgraded the credit rating for the first time ever. what does your gut tell you? is this the worst congress ever? go to "news nation" to cast your vote as the clock ticks on the super committee. take a look at what they said about friday. should police reopen the investigation into the death of actress natalie wood? 63% said yes and 37% said no. that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall and thank you very much for joining us. you can catch us every weekday at 2:00 p.m. on msnbc. we will check out your tweets. martin bashir is up next. ♪