Congress cannot produce meaningful compromise by suppressing political conflict. James Wallner argues that open debate, amendments, and genuine legislative fights reveal where compromise is possible and give the resulting decisions legitimacy. To make Congress work again, lawmakers must restore the deliberative process that allows disagreement to play out.
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Read MoreLet us look to the new year confident in the knowledge that we are treading the well-worn path of those who came before us. And let us continue the work they began by conducting our politics in the institutions created by the Constitution. It may feel a bit unsettling. But welcoming conflict into our political lives will ensure that our future will continue to be brightened by a rising and not a setting sun.
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