The Congress is not inept, the Democrats control the Senate and White House and can block any Congressional moves. To them the Constitution is irrelevant .
Fear of failure is not a reason to abandon truth and law. I see you have adopted the common excuse of republican leadership. Here is the problem with a congress that accepts defeat.
The American People are watching. When your leaders whom you elect refuse to even attempt use their constitutionally granted powers to reign an out of control executive branch it results in depression and voter apathy among your constituents. Why go to the polls, why even bother to become involved in fighting for the truths that founded our nation when your elected leaders give up, while they look to the capitol exits for their next lobbying job. The American people will follow a leader who stands up to tyranny, even if he or she loses a couple of battles along the way. Yes, indeed they are inept at understanding that Americans want a leader who stands for us not a group of passive frat boys who golf with a tyrant while Rome burns.
Imagine if Washington had employed such a defeatist attitude. Surely the British army was a more formidable foe than Harry Reid.