In their new book “The Broken Branch,” The Brookings Institution’s Thomas Mann and The American Enterprise Institute’s Norm Ornstein articulate how the U.S. Congress is failing the American people and they lay out an agenda to help make it the functional legislative branch it was meant to be. The Examiner interviewed Mann and Ornstein to help get a better understanding of Congress’ failures.

Q Let’s just start out with the premise of your book: How is Congress failing America?