I really believe the cause of the legislative strife was the banning of earmarks at the beginning of the 112th Congress. That one act emasculated Boehner as Speaker, for without pork to ladle out or withhold he had no leverage over his caucus, or, even, House Democrats. Without earmarks readily available the elected members of Congress were more beholden to outside entities to help them retaining their seats than the largess a congressperson could bestow on his or her district and constituents via the support of the Speaker. My guess is the one thing that could get the House working again is restoring earmarks, which would make Boehner's ring a necessity to kiss.
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