Why Congress: A Book Event | LIVE STREAM

The Founding Fathers made a representative, deliberative legislature the indispensable pillar of the American constitutional system, giving it more power and responsibility than any other branch of government. Yet today, contempt for Congress is nearly universal. What is the point of having such a powerful, yet fractious, legislature in the 21st century?

In his new book, Why Congress (Oxford University Press, 2023), AEI’s Philip Wallach takes on this question squarely, explaining why our increasingly divided politics demands a legislature capable of pitting factions against each other and forcing them to work out accommodations.

Please join Dr. Wallach, AEI’s Kevin R. Kosar, and two former US representatives, Daniel Lipinski and Reid Ribble, for a wide-ranging conversation on the past, present, and future of Congress.

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