“Congress is broken.

The vision of James Madison enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the most important document in the world second only to the Bible, has been blurred, distorted, and almost forgotten.

Partisanship has eclipsed any thought of working together in the interest of the nation. Party loyalty is sacrosanct and any deviation in either Party is frowned upon and sanctioned.

Gone are the days when members of Congress could reach across the aisle to produce legislation founded on common sense rather than sheer Party dogma.

'Negotiation' does not equate with 'capitulation.' But insistence on 'my way or the highway' often yields what we have seen too often in recent years: nothing … or much worse.

It's difficult to determine exactly where the problems began.

Democrats became arrogant in their 40 years of virtual control of the House of Representatives and almost equal domination of the U.S. Senate. …”

Much more in this article by Bob Livingston, who represented Louisiana's 1st District for 24 years.

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