The Latest Breaking News from Congresses

If you’re paying attention to the Senate, you know they’re voting on a lot of judges, as happens during lame-duck Congresses. There are also a lot of partisan broadsides being fired about it all. How did we get to this point, and why? Show Notes:

Unless the post-election session is remarkably productive, the current Congress could be a relative bust, on track to pass fewer laws than its predecessor.

At a “member day” hearing, lawmakers floated a wide range of ideas to change how the House operates, with an eye toward the next Congress.

The effort has support from top Republican and Democratic senators on the upper chamber’s foreign relations committee