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As both parties point fingers, &#8220;Sunday Morning&#8221; national correspondent Robert Costa talks with Capitol Hill observers who discuss why the House and Senate are for the most part failing to address many problems facing Americans, and whether they are optimistic that Congress \u2013 beset by partisanship, gerrymandering, and the president&#8217;s pressures to do his bidding \u2013 could one day find its way again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/whats-the-matter-with-congress\/\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress was granted many powers under Article I of the Constitution. Nonetheless, in recent decades, lawmakers \u2013 including under current GOP majorities \u2013 have ceded much of their authority to the president, while Washington has been plagued by gridlock, and a sense that Congress has been marginalized. 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