A more perfect union? Congress has been the place where America tries to resolve its problems
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By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one thing to issue a Declaration of Independence. It’s quite another to launch a grand experiment in representative democracy.
Congress isn’t quite yet celebrating its 250th anniversary — the House and Senate as they are recognized today first convened in 1789 — but from the start it has provided an enduring, if imperfect, forum in the country’s pursuit of a more perfect union.
From drafting the Bill of Rights that enshrines
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one thing to issue a Declaration of Independence. It’s quite another to launch a grand experiment in representative democracy.
Congress isn’t quite yet celebrating its 250th anniversary — the House and Senate as they are recognized today first convened in 1789 — but from the start it has provided an enduring, if imperfect, forum in the country’s pursuit of a more perfect union.
From drafting the Bill of Rights that enshrines
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