Why Does Congress Suck?

In which John Green seeks to explain why the United States congress has become so astonishingly inefficient that it can't even reach a compromise to avert disaster, and why--thanks to clever redistricting--most congresspeople are now incentivized not to work seriously on policy. Along the way there's a bit of historical context, a lot of frustration, some screaming, and a celebration of the beginning of the 7th year of the vlogbrothers channel. Thanks for sticking with us, nerdfighters. (And thanks for reading the entire dooblydoo!) HERE ARE A LOT OF LINKS TO NERDFIGHTASTIC THINGS: Shirts and Stuff: http://dftba.com/artist/30/Vlogbrothers Hank's Music: http://dftba.com/artist/15/Hank-Green John's Books: http://amzn.to/j3LYqo ====================== Hank's Twitter:   / hankgreen   Hank's Facebook:   / hankimon   Hank's tumblr:   / edwardspoonhands   John's Twitter:   / realjohngreen   John's Facebook:   / johngreenfans   John's tumblr:   / fishingboatproceeds   ====================== Other Channels Crash Course:    / crashcourse   SciShow:    / scishow   Gaming:    / hankgames   VidCon:    / vidcon   Hank's Channel:    / hankschannel   Truth or Fail:    / truthorfail   ====================== Nerdfighteria http://effyeahnerdfighters.com/ http://effyeahnerdfighters.com/nftumblrs   / nerdfighters   http://nerdfighteria.info/ A Bunny (\(\ ( - -) ((') (')