Congress wasn't always this dysfunctional (except it kind of was)
You've likely heard lots this week about how rare the repeated failed Speaker votes have been. But is this a new level of dysfunction for Congress?
by Juana Summers
Jan 06, 2023
3 minutes
Updated January 6, 2023 at 5:43 PM ET
What a week it's been in Congress.
You've likely heard lots about how unprecedented the repeated failed votes for Speaker have been, or at least that it hasn't happened in about a century. But is this a new level of dysfunction for Congress?
To answer that question, we've turned to author and historian John Farrell. He has covered Congress as a journalist and also written biographies
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