Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.


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This death's livery which walled its bearers from ordinary life was sign that they have sold their w...
THOMAS E. LAWRENCE
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake t...
THOMAS E. LAWRENCE
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
THOMAS E. LAWRENCE
If you're not in New York, you're camping out.
THOMAS E. DEWEY
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
THOMAS E. LAWRENCE
Ours is an abiding faith in the cause of human freedom. We know it is God's cause.
THOMAS E. DEWEY
My parents both came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and they were deeply grateful...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
Historians have often censored civil rights activists' commitment to economic issues and misrepr...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following th...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
The Labor Department's Hall of Honor recognizes men and women - like Cesar Chavez, Helen Keller,...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
Everything has changed in recent decades - the economy, technology, cultural attitudes, the demograp...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
The overtime rule was frankly diluted in 2004 by a regulation put in place by the Bush administratio...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
We need to enact comprehensive immigration reform, to bring people out of the shadows and empower th...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to ...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
Genetic engineers don't make new genes, they rearrange existing ones.
THOMAS E. LOVEJOY
Misclassification is a serious problem in construction as well as other industries, and it is exacer...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
Involvement in my kids' sports teams is something I have made time for over the years. I've ...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
How can we say we're for family values when so many women in the United States have to jeopardiz...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
Labor Day 2013 is special. This year marks the centennial of the U.S. Department of Labor - 100 year...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
Each year, Labor Day gives us an opportunity to recognize the invaluable contributions that working ...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
The King Holiday is a celebration of many things - his pursuit of racial justice, his commitment to ...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of op...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
The theme of the Labor Department's centennial is 'Then, Now, Next.' So in honoring Esth...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.
THOMAS E. DEWEY
We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands.
THOMAS E. DEWEY
When you're leading, don't talk.
THOMAS E. DEWEY
Our problem is within ourselves. We have found the means to blow the world physically apart. Spiritu...
THOMAS E. DEWEY
We can't understand what we've accomplished on civil rights without telling the story of Bay...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
King had come to Memphis to lend his moral authority to the struggle of striking municipal sanitatio...
THOMAS E. PEREZ
What was a surprise was when the dog answered his question.
'Want to play ball now,' Gab...
THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI
The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent.
THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI
They're gonna get us', she cried as he tried to hold her tight. She was like a wild animal fighting ...
THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI
The organism - there was no other thing she could think to call it - churned and moved as it propell...
THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI
Alcatraz, the federal prison with a name like the blare of a trombone, is a black molar in the jawbo...
THOMAS E. GADDIS
Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work.
THOMAS E. LOVEJOY
At the cross, Jesus subjects himself to disability, and his resurrected body continues to bear his s...
THOMAS E. REYNOLDS