Worst. House of Reps. Ever.

Newsweek's Jonathan Alter seems to think so.

Thus began what historians will regard as the single most corrupt decade in the long and colorful history of the House of Representatives. Come on, you say. How about all those years when congressmen accepted cash in the House chamber and then staggered onto the floor drunk? Yes, special interests have bought off members of Congress at least since Daniel Webster took his seat while on the payroll of a bank. And yes, Congress over the years has seen dozens of sex scandals and dozens of members brought low by financial improprieties. But never before has the leadership of the House been hijacked by a small band of extremists bent on building a ruthless shakedown machine, lining the pockets of their richest constituents and rolling back popular protections for ordinary people. These folks borrow like banana republics and spend like Tip O'Neill on speed.

He goes on like that for several more paragraphs. Quite an enjoyable read.

He concludes by noting that we aren't living in a smoking ruin of a country only because the Senate tends to sand down the splinters the House sends up. Trouble with that conclusion, though, is that more and more of the nutjobs from the house are getting elected to the Senate.