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Today’s ‘violent’ Congress would make Civil War-era lawmakers laugh (copy)

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Congressional dysfunction took a dangerous turn this month, with several incidents of physical violence. Julian Zelizer says Congressmen of that era would roll their eyes, thinking today's antics are child's play. He says politicians of the early republic favored old-school insults such as "coward" and "puppy" Zelizer: In 1798, Representative Matthew Lyon of Vermont was beaten 20-plus times with a stick.

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Today’s ‘violent’ Congress would make Civil War-era lawmakers laugh (copy)

Congressional dysfunction took a dangerous turn this month. In the House, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy allegedly elbowed Representative Tim Burchett in the kidney (McCarthy denied the claim). Not to be outdone, Senator Markwayne Mullin challenged the president of the International…

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