Comment on Democrats Mull Ways to ‘Fix Congress’

Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Sun, 10/20/2024 - 11:00am

Democrats Mull Ways to ‘Fix Congress’

Washington Post: “Even Democrats acknowledge that, in their previous four years of holding the majority, the institution wasn’t exactly performing up to par. Rank-and-file lawmakers have an endless list of complaints, from scheduling conflicts, to committee chairs disregarding junior members, to leadership ignoring the work of those legislative committees…” “Just as some of the most interesting ideas for overhauling the Senate came from former senior GOP staff, a similar survey of former House Democratic aides offered up some interesting and surprising ideas.

 

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