Congress Is Struggling to Govern . Are Electoral Incentives to Blame ?

Center-Left: <a href="https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/us-set-to-fall-back-to-standard-time-as-congress-senate-stays-idle-on-house-bill-preventing-it-daylight-saving" rel="noopener nofollow">US set to fall back to standard time as Congress stays idle on bill preventing it — komonews.com
Center: <a href="https://wvmetronews.com/2026/09/21/40-trillion-national-debt-leads-manchin-back-to-congress-this-time-as-a-witness-for-budget-panel/" rel="noopener nofollow">$40 trillion national debt leads Manchin back to Congress , this time as a witness for budget panel — wvmetronews.com
Center: <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2026/09/21/podcast-us-congress-november-elections/" rel="noopener nofollow">PODCAST : Congress winds down ahead of November elections — ctmirror.org
Center: <a href="https://truthout.org/articles/congress-has-not-passed-a-farm-bill-since-2018-this-year-may-be-no-different/" rel="noopener nofollow">Congress Has Not Passed a Farm Bill Since 2018 . This Year May Be No Different . — truthout.org
Right: <a href="https://www.capitalgazette.com/2026/09/21/us-election-2026-south-dakota-secretary-of-state/" rel="noopener nofollow">Republican who oversees South Dakota elections endorses a Democrat in the race to succeed her — capitalgazette.com
Right: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/republican-south-dakota-elections-endorse-democrat-rcna599114" rel="noopener nofollow">Republican who supervises South Dakota elections endorses a Democrat to succeed her — nbcnews.com
Right: <a href="https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/republican-oversees-south-dakotas-elections-endorses-democrat-race-136634757" rel="noopener nofollow">Republican overseeing South Dakota elections endorses Democrat in succession race — abcnews.com

Source: aei.org · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Published 9/21/2026