Early in American history, the House of Representatives was the most important part of the federal government. This was intentional, and it was no accident that the Constitution’s provisions for it come first in that document.

In recent decades, by contrast, the House has barely been able to function at all.

Although Republicans had a slight majority during the last two years, divisions between moderates and extreme conservatives made life miserable for the Speakers they elected … and then sometimes threw out. Thanks to a small number of party holdouts, the only important legislation the “Republican” House could enact reflected bipartisan deals with moderate Democrats, since Republicans couldn’t get legislation through just with the support of their own members.

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