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Act of Congress: How America’s Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn’t
The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken—as its justifiably dismal approval ratings suggest—so is our democracy. Here, Robert G. Kaiser, whose long and distinguished career at The Washington Post has made him as keen and knowledgeable an observer of Congress as we have, takes us behind the sound bites to expose the protocols, players, and politics of the House and Senate—revealing both the triumphs of the system and (more often) its fundamental flaws.
Commentator: Norm Ornstein
Book signing to follow event.
Speakers
Robert G. Kaiser
Former Public Policy Scholar;
Associate Editor and Senior Correspondent, The Washington Post
Associate Editor and Senior Correspondent, The Washington Post
Norm Ornstein
Commentator;
Political Scientist and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Political Scientist and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute