The public, journalists, and legislators themselves have often lamented a decline in congressional lawmaking in recent years, often blaming party politics for t

"Solid ground for optimism as well as cause for foreboding." So James L. Sundquist views the outcome of the struggle by the Congress in the 1970s to recapture p

Congress today is falling short. Fewer bills, worse oversight, and more dysfunction. But why? In a new volume of essays, the contributors investigate an underap