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Super Bad

Blame Congress, the GOP, and society itself.

Scott Lilly explains why the current Congress is the worst one he's seen in his lifetime.

There have been some pretty bad Congresses over the course of American history, and I don’t know enough about all of them to judge whether some might be worse than this one — but I can say without hesitation that this is the worst Congress I’ve seen in my lifetime.

The above excerpt was originally published in Foreign Policy. Click here to view the full article.

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Scott Lilly

Senior Fellow