{"id":4350,"date":"2020-12-09T09:24:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4350"},"modified":"2020-12-09T09:24:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:24:41","slug":"overlooked-reason-for-capitol-atrophy-lack-of-a-modern-and-more-substantial-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/overlooked-reason-for-capitol-atrophy-lack-of-a-modern-and-more-substantial-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Overlooked reason for Capitol atrophy: Lack of a modern and more substantial diet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"447\" data-attachment-id=\"4049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/books\/congress-overwhelmed-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Congress-overwhelmed-cover.png\" data-orig-size=\"298,447\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Congress overwhelmed cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Congress-overwhelmed-cover-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Congress-overwhelmed-cover.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Congress-overwhelmed-cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Congress-overwhelmed-cover.png 298w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Congress-overwhelmed-cover-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the past 15 years, public disapproval of the performance of Congress has averaged around 70 percent. Typically, when people look at Washington, as former Speaker Paul Ryan once observed, &#8220;It looks like chaos&#8221; \u2014 not leadership or governance, regardless of which party is in control. What&#8217;s wrong with Congress? Most frequently the problem is framed as a people problem. Congress has bad people in it. There are clowns, cranks and crooks, and we should throw those bums out&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thefulcrum.us\/congress\/how-to-improve-congress\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past 15 years, public disapproval of the performance of Congress has averaged around 70 percent. Typically, when people look at Washington, as former Speaker Paul Ryan once observed, &#8220;It looks like chaos&#8221; \u2014 not leadership or governance, regardless of which party is in control. What&#8217;s wrong with Congress? 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