Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
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Political writer for the New York Times, nick confessorry and the president of the counsel on Foreign Relations and author of the book a world in disarray Richard Haass also with us. Pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. Meachum delivered one of the yueulogies at Barbara Bushs funeral on saturday. So many people this weekend talking about barbara bush and really agreeing with johns assessment that she really has been for such a long time as americas first lady. America said goodbye to barbara bush, jon meacham, this weekend. You were there and delivered a beautiful, beautiful word in her memory. Talk to us about the event. Talk to us about the extraordinary man barbara bush lived with so many years. And just talk about the woman he remembered. I was thinking this morning, this is the first week that george h. W. Bush has opened his life without barbara bush since 1981. He was a rock all day saturday. It was so interesting is it was a family funeral that happened to intersect wi