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What is the record of the 112th, well, it almost shut down the government, almost breached the debt ceiling and almost went over the fiscal cliff. which, by the way, it helped design in the first place. it cut the discretionary spending, and another trillion, which everybody thinks was a bad idea. it achieved nothing of not on housing, stimulus, guns, tax reform, climate change, infrastructure or really anything. and the 112th was not only not productive, it was unproductive compared with any congress since 1948, when scholars began to keep tabs on the congressional productivity. when it ends,...

Over the fiscal cliff. which, by the way, it helped design in the first place. it cut the discretionary spending, and another trillion, which everybody thinks was a bad idea. it achieved nothing of not on housing, stimulus, guns, tax reform, climate change, infrastructure or really anything. and the 112th was not only not productive, it was unproductive compared with any congress since 1948, when scholars began to keep tabs on the congressional productivity. when it ends, it will have passed 220 public laws, that is by far the least of any congress on record. the second least productive congre...

Congress was a level of pure obstructionism and a level of ideology that went beyond a conservative party to buying a radical party. that is why we gave the book the title, "it's even worse than it looks," and it looks awfully bad. >> there was a study that finds that there's an increase in congressional incivility, every time we have a turn over congress. the 112th was a turnover congress. so was the 104th, when clinton was president >> if you look at the genesis for the dysfunction that we have in our politics, the parties operating the way they are, almost the tribal atmosphere, a lot of it...

Really don't want anything to happen that relates to tax rates. >> sir, you said you're disappointed. the huffington post is out where this new piece on product activity. we always hear the phrase the do-nothing congress, referring back to the 1940s, but side by side, 219 bills have been signed during this latest legislative body, and the 104th had 333 bills signed, so they are the do-nothing congress getting a bad rap comparatively. are the american people just supposed to sit by and expect this? because that's the way it is, the american people's hands are hogtied to whatever you guys want t...

As in weed. so if you're someone who is prone to the munchies, so to speak, this story may be of interest to you there is a new poll out. it shows for the first time ever an even split amongst americans about whether marijuana should be legal. 47% of 47%. not exactly an even split there is the 3% on either side there. it seems rather dubious i suppose. speaking of dubious, congress on the brink of being branded as the least productive governing body to oversee our country since the 1940s. the last time congress earned that kind of rep, the 104th congress. that was 1995-1996. they passed 333 bi...