Despite its propensity for making itself look bad, some of the inner workings on Capitol Hill reveal lawmakers who are finding ways to work together.

Can they cut through the noise and solve some real problems? Jason Dick and Justin Papp discuss the changing Congress and the people who make it, or try to make it, function. 

Show Notes:

• Where do ‘untraceable’ laws come from, and what does Congress do all day?
• The House was out in October. Does it matter?
• Congressional casework is hard. The shutdown is making it harder
• Capitol Police pay turns contentious as shutdown drags on
• No civility in a shutdown? For Congress, security fears and rhetoric collide
• They keep Congress running. The shutdown plunged them into uncertainty
• New Capitol Police chief faces DC takeover, member security
• From traffic to vasectomies, Congress takes aim at DC
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