In this Dec. 22, 2011 file photo, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers headed home for a five-week break with a laundry list of uncompleted work and little to show for the past year and a half except an eye-popping amount of dissatisfaction _ nearly 80 percent of Americans are unhappy with them. The Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate have set record lows for production and record highs for dysfunction. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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