A Radical Fix for Washington: Have Congress Do Its Job

If Congress performed more of the tasks assigned to it by the Constitution, it also would feel compelled to act more responsibly

Here’s a simple yet radical thought on how to fix much of what ails Washington: Have Congress do its job.

When attempting to explain the myriad problems that plague the nation’s capital, people talk of partisanship, polarization and a White House in perpetual chaos—and there’s certainly plenty of all that to go around. Yet every one of those problems is exacerbated by the way Congress has abdicated or shirked its duties.

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