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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