# Who Broke Congress? **URL:** **By** Rep. Justin Amash, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** June 12, 2020 --- U.S. Congressman Justin Amash joins the show today to discuss the failures of Congress. Justin Amash has been in Congress since 2011 and in that time period he has seen many of his colleagues pick party over principles. In 2019, he announced that he was leaving the Republican Party. He views the two-party system as an existential threat to American politics and institutions. Do Congressmen have principles? Did Trump corrode the Republican Party? Are Congressmen friends with each other even if they are on opposite sides of the aisle? Are there incremental ways we can make Congress accountable again? ## Further Reading: [Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That’s why I’m leaving the GOP](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/justin-amash-our-politics-is-in-a-partisan-death-spiral-thats-why-im-leaving-the-gop/2019/07/04/afbe0480-9e3d-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html), written by Justin Amash [Rep. Justin Amash Wants To End Qualified Immunity. Where Are the Republicans?](https://reason.com/2020/06/06/justin-amash-ayanna-pressley-end-police-qualified-immunity-where-are-the-republicans/), written by Billy Binion ## Related Content: [Washington’s Five Tricks](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/washingtons-five-tricks), Free Thoughts Podcast [Cato, Congress, and the Realities of Governing](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/cato-congress-and-the-realities-of-governing-with-jeff-vanderslice-and-matt-weibel), Free Thoughts Podcast [The Distinction Between Governance and Government](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/the-distinction-between-governance-and-government), Free Thoughts Podcast