Yes, Congress Actually Is Doing Substantive Things

But few media report on it and most Americans don't bother to look for themselves.

Source: MajorityLeader.gov.

Yes, Congress has troubles. The budget process is in shambles. It suffers a surfeit of mindless partisanship. Our national legislature often dawdles until a crisis hits and then acts retroactively. Legislators have needed help overseeing the administrative state for years but have not bothered to create a Congressional Regulation Office or bolster its cohort of committee wonks.

Look, my name is on the cover of a book titled Congress Overwhelmed—I’m not pollyanna about the First Branch. I get the gripes.

But the complaint that Congress is not doing anything substantive is just wrong. Even the current Congress, you know, the one that had a Speaker getting booted and all sorts of drama—yes, even this Congress is getting things done…. (Read more)