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Congress, the Houses of Ill Repute: Editorial Cartoonists Take on the House and Senate

This article presents a content analysis of more than 600 editorial cartoons covering 40 years designed to explore the themes and strategies editorial cartoonists use to represent Congress and its members. While the cartooning strategies are relatively consistent, the targets and criticisms embedded in cartoons vary along partisanship and positional lines.