How can we make American government work better?
It is plain that this nation’s problems can only be solved by parties working together through effective public institutions. But Congress has increasingly lost the capacity to make that happen. Over the past decade, time and again, the Senate failed to vote, or even deliberate, on bills that could address the serious issues facing our country. This must change. Ending the dysfunction that has gripped the United States Senate is a necessary first step. If Congress is to fulfill the people’s mandate, the Senate must amend the rules that have become its tools for legislative dysfunction.
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