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Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: The Empty Chamber

Just how broken is the Senate?

—By Steve Brodner

My illustrations for George Packer's brilliant piece on the deadlocked Capitol in this week's The New Yorker.

The Empty Chamber

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Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: The Empty Chamber

Just how broken is the Senate?

Steve Brodner

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