> But if Congress is too broken to pass a common-sense law like this, what does this tell us about the long-term viability of the US as a single political entit

> But if Congress is too broken to pass a common-sense law like this, what does this tell us about the long-term viability of the US as a single political entity? We’re already there, we’ve been there for over a decade at this point. It says nothing good about the future of the US, but nothing’s going to change, so in the immediate moment we need to play the hand we’re dealt.