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I'm Dave Davies.
If you follow the news,
you know these are strange and turbulent times in Washington as the Trump administration seeks to shrink and recast the federal government with with blinding speed and fury.
Trump's opponents would no doubt like to see Congress assert its authority to stop the dismantling of agencies and programs its past members have authorized.
We haven't seen much of that, but we have seen bills introduced to enable a third Donald Trump term,
rename Dulles Airport after him, and carve his image into Mount Rushmore.
Whatever happens, our two guests today have the experience, insight and sources to tell the story.
Annie Carney and Luke Broadwater are both veteran reporters who cover Washington for the New York Times,
and they've written a new book about the 118th Congress, the one elected in 2022.
It's a look inside the corridors of power when Democrat Joe Biden was president,
dealing with what the authors say was the first MAGA controlled Congress,
one that fully adopted the extremism and stagecraft of Trumpism.
There are fascinating accounts of high stakes negotiations and of House members cursing,
insulting and threatening each other, but not a lot of serious legislating.
The House passed only 27 bills that became law in its two year session,
the lowest number since the Great Depression.