To even the most casual observer from outside the Washington Beltway, it is painfully obvious that the U.S. Congress has lost its way and is unable to discharge even its most basic obligations to the American people. James Madison, one of the key architects of the U.S. Constitution observed that, in establishing a government, "you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place oblige it to control itself." Congress is doing admirably well with regard to one of these tasks and is a train wreck with regard to the other. Although folks inside the Beltway seem...
To even the most casual observer from outside the Washington Beltway, it is painfully obvious that the U.S. Congress has lost its way and is unable to...