The Dysfunctional U.S. Senate

mydd.com — This week it is the turn of George Packer, the noted journalist, columnist for Mother Jones, author and playwright, to write on the United States Senate. Taking to the pages of the New Yorker to pen this latest installment of what has become an all too regular occurrence among observers of our body politic, Packard asks the now oft-repeated question, "Just how broken is the Senate?" The answer is: very.

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