On Capitol Hill dysfunction reins, GOP leaders fall short [View all]

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In an election year featuring loud demands for change, Congress and its Republican leaders have delivered more of the same.

More of the partisanship and dysfunction that have kept congressional approval ratings at 20 percent or below for years. More of the inability to accomplish even the most basic work, the must-pass spending bills to keep the government running. More failure to legislate on pressing issues like guns, or even respond to a public health emergency, the Zika virus.

As lawmakers head out of Washington for a seven-week summer recess, members of both parties expressed frustration with the state of affairs. And for House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, both relatively new to their jobs, Congress' record this year falls short of their own goals while offering more evidence for Donald Trump's claim that "Washington is broken."

"A lot of us came here to govern, to do our jobs," said Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, a moderate Republican in the House. "And it seems that the default position is to do nothing."

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