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Why the 112th Congress Was The Worst, and the Next One Won’t Be Much Better

Good Riddance!

From failing to pass bills to the fiscal cliff fiasco, these folks stunk up the joint, says Howard Kurtz.

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Has there ever been a worse Congress than the 112th?

Probably not, and we should all get used to it.

The era of a national legislature boldly tackling major problems is over.

The era of the grand bargain is over.

Even the era of hold-your-nose-and-cooperate-for-the-good-of-the-country is over.

What we saw as the 112th sputtered to...

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