This chapter reveals remarkably low levels of activity on poverty-related issues by Congress as a whole. Unlike existing studies that emphasize the rich in comparison to the rest of the public, the focus here is specifically on the poor. I establish a thorough coding scheme for identifying poverty-relevant legislation that reflects different ways of thinking about poverty from different partisan angles. The striking overall finding is that despite the political visibility of the poor, Congress in the aggregate does little to represent them, whether in terms of bills proposed, hearings held, or votes cast. Since 1960, Congress has passed on average one or two poverty-related bills each year, which constitutes a small fraction – typically about one-percent – of all legislative output. Findings for other legislative actions are only slightly better, as poverty-related hearings and bill introductions constitute only two to three percent of the legislative effort during the past half-century.