The legislators have a lot on their plate to deal with in a shorter time these days. They deserve some credit and most are honorable people. 

I don't recall many legislative bodies that ever got a lot of praise in real time at any time of our history... except only decades later. 

I'm sure that most of these former legislators of the past, who are now regarded as statesmen/stateswomen, were once cussed up one side and down the other.....just like the legislators of today. You can't please everybody all of the time. It's impossible.