In the past six years, Rolling Stone says, the U.S. Congress became: “...a political obscenity on par with the court of Nero or Caligula -- a stable of thieves and perverts who committed crimes rolling out of bed in the morning and did their very best to turn the mighty American empire into a debt-laden, despotic backwater...”
I think they are being too kind.
But if you want to read the whole article by Matt Taibbi, go to:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12055360/cover_story_time_to_go_inside_the_worst_congress_ever.