Despite outward appearances, Congressional staff doing more work than meets the eye

Summary: Pretty much everyone thinks Congress is only marginally functional, except for maybe deficit spending. Among the underlying challenges for the first branch of government is the conditions under which its tens of thousands of staff members work. For some ideas for reforming the Congressional workplace, Senior Governance Studies fellow at Brookings Institution Molly Reynolds spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices