America on the brink: Our Constitution distorted, agencies corrupted, fiscal sanity lost and Congress in ruins. After THAT floor mayhem, a devastating analysis by REP BOB LIVINGSTON - and a powerful solution (if the GOP wants it)

Daily Mail ^ | 1/9/2023 | Bob Livingston

[PhxRising]

Congress is broken.

The vision of James Madison enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the most important document in the world second only to the Bible, has been blurred, distorted, and almost forgotten.

Partisanship has eclipsed any thought of working together in the interest of the nation. Party loyalty is sacrosanct and any deviation in either Party is frowned upon and sanctioned.

Gone are the days when members of Congress could reach across the aisle to produce legislation founded on common sense rather than sheer Party dogma.

'Negotiation' does not equate with 'capitulation.' But insistence on 'my way or the highway' often yields what we have seen too often in recent years: nothing … or much worse.

It's difficult to determine exactly where the problems began.

Democrats became arrogant in their 40 years of virtual control of the House of Representatives and almost equal domination of the U.S. Senate.

They suffered a cataclysmic fit when in 1995, Newt Gingrich led Republicans to seize control of the House. Their outrage compelled them to file over 200 frivolous ethics complaints against the new Speaker, yet Republicans were successful in restraining President Clinton's profligate agenda leading him to declare, 'The era of big government is over.'

The nation benefited as the Republican Congress worked with the Democrat controlled White House to restrain spending and ultimately balance the discretionary budget for the first time in decades and for the last time in modern history.

[yesthatjallen]

'Just take party affiliation off every ballot in this country."

Why is my party affiliation available to the public?

[fr_freak]

So now that Republicans control the House, it’s time to reach across the isle again. We’ve heard this before.

My whole life I don't ever recall Democrats reaching across the aisle, but Republicans just can't wait to do it.

[ronnie raygun]

Here is your powerful solution