Congresswoman Jane Harman made headlines earlier this month when Congressional Quarterly revealed that she had been caught on a wiretap agreeing to help two Israeli lobbyists accused of spying. In exchange, wealthy Democratic donator Haim Saban agreed to pressure Nancy Pelosi to make Harman chair of the House Intelligence Committee, which deals with spying.

Harman also pressured The New York Times to kill a story on wiretaps, which she supported alongside former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

All efforts ended up failing, and created quite the headache for Harman. And also for people trying to follow all the wheeling and dealing.

Luckily, Jon Stewart and his team at the "Daily Show" unpack all the madness in their segment: "Your Government, Not At Work:"

Read our coverage of the Harman debacle here!