As America is engaged in a five-month military conflict with Iran and the economy has been suffering, Congress has responded with predictable inaction. It is little wonder that Americans give Congress a 10% approval rating, with 86% expressing disapproval.
As Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, noted, “It’s a great American pastime to hate Congress.” However, this hatred is justified. The 119th Congress has barely done anything, enacting just 104 pieces of legislation, compared to 443 in the first two years of President Donald Trump's first term.
