A few weird tricks to fix Congress

For all the focus on this year’s presidential contest, the struggle for control of Congress — also a toss-up, according to most analyses — could be as consequential, or more so. Much depends, too, on whether the legislative branch will be able to function and get anything done, whoever wins. You can write a list of important bills passed in the past four years, topped by the Inflation Reduction, Bipartisan Infrastructure and Chips acts.