Yes, Washington is broken under President Donald Trump. But it was broken long before Trump came to town, and there’s no reason to expect his departure to fix it.
“We face a disproportionately powerful presidency, a gridlocked and distracted Congress, politicized courts, dependent states and a big-bucks-shaped public policy,” writes Califano, an important contributor to policymaking since he helped craft President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs in the 1960s.
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The same problems existed a decade ago and have gotten worse.