Congress wasn’t designed to work this way

Published March 24, 2026 12:15pm ET



Washington dysfunction is usually explained as a failure of people. The wrong politicians. Too partisan. Too extreme. Too unwilling to compromise.

That’s comforting. But it’s also wrong.

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