What is the number of bills passed each congressional session?

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During last year's (2008) scandal over the Democrats using the practice of passing bills which did nothing more than honor someone or something to slip past Republicans some spending and regulatory bills without the benefit of or opportunity for debate, we learned more than 1100 bills are passed in this way per year. This is what brought my attention to the question. How many bills of all kinds are passed by a normal annual Congress.