Is Congress Broken?: The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock

Making Congress Work, Again, Within the Constitutional System
Congress for many years has ranked low in public esteem—joining journalists, bankers, and union leaders at the bottom of polls. And in recent years there's been good reason for the public disregard, with the rise of hyper-partisanship and the increasing inability of Congress to carry out its required duties, such as passing spending bills on time and conducting responsible oversight of the executive branch.
Congress seems so dysfun...