Which is irrelevant since 99+% of the work in congress does not happen on the floor.Actually, based on the way propositions pass through the senate and house, they can't do both at the same time.That's a false dichotomy. It is entirely possible to care about both things without one interfering with the other.
If you were to read old newspapers you'd see that people have been complaining about similar sorts of corruption for at least 100 years now - probably more. I haven't read any older than that so I can't say how long the corruption has been rampant. And if all your ranting about things like why they haven't put entire staffs of political appointees in jail isn't a claim of failure, then I don't know what is.Umm, a 200 year run is pretty good, and I never said we are a failure,
BTW your habit of sometimes quoting in red instead of using the system's quoting mechanism discourages people from reading and responding to what you write.