Gregory Wawro

Columbia University

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Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, specializing in American politics, and author of Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the US Senate

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Even some long-time Republicans are calling the current Congress the most dysfunctional since the Civil War. Public approval is 14 percent -- up from nine.

Are Congress' Extreme Politics Eroding Our Democracy?

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