You also have the phenomenon of Congress doing politically divisive things just to score points. For instance, the House just voted to repeal Obamacare for the 56th time. Why do it a 56th time? Even John Boehner says that it's so that freshman Republicans can go back to their districts and tell voters that they voted to appeal Obamacare.[1]
Similarly, there's now a special House committee to investigate Benghazi, even though there have already been investigations by four other House committees (Oversight and Government Reform, Intelligence, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs).
Similarly, there's now a special House committee to investigate Benghazi, even though there have already been investigations by four other House committees (Oversight and Government Reform, Intelligence, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs).
[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/why-repu...