New House Democrats Can Be Today’s ‘Watergate Babies’

Like the 1974 class, freshmen members can force reforms to undo years of legislative stagnation. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. The lawmaking process in Congress has been atrophying for years, and by some measures these past two congresses have been the least productive in modern history. Legislators continue to be unwilling or unable to defend the institution’s constitutional authority against executive branch overreach. Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search? Add Us as a Preferred Source Daniel Lipinski represented Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District from 2005 to 2021. He is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions at Stanford University and the Pope Leo XIII fellow on social thought at the University of Dallas. More We Think You’d Like