august was 12% as arizona senator john mccain likes to say that means they re down to the support of just paid staff and close relatives. members passed just 219 bills into law. that is the lowest number dating back to the 1940s. the new congress will be gavelled in at noon followed by a role call vote by 1:00 p.m. john boehner should know if he s re-elected. there is no serious challenge to the ohio republican. he s expected to keep the job despite the recent divisions in the party, most notably the last few days over the fiscal cliff. loud the vote to come to the floor and voted for the new measure. mccarthy of california voted against it. the new congress is going to have another issue to deal with in the coming days, the pending hurricane sandy relief. speaker boehner says he s going to put $60 billion worth of disaster relief bills up for a vote starting on friday. that comes after he put off tuesday night s expected vote on the package. that triggered widespread