This sorry scheme of things

Today’s Senate problem can be broken down into three major overlapping components: the quality (or otherwise) of appointees to the Chamber, its takeover by rampant partisanship, and the basic modality of how it operates.

In trying to make sense of the latest “Senate scandal,” the most obvious factor is a series of appalling appointments. There is no need to list the names of the individuals involved; we all know who they are. Their shenanigans have been dismaying or titillating the country mont...

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