I do think part of the solution to that does go back to committee work and building--just building that muscle of legislating makes it less, I think, worrisome for both leadership and individual members about having to take tough votes and to reclaim that constitutional authority.
Kilmer emphasizes the importance of committee work in reclaiming legislative authority.
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