Floor Fights
April, 2005
We Expect contentious debates in congress this year. But will anyone throw a punch?When he visited the United States in 1832, Alexis de Tocqueville didn't think much of the House of Representatives. In his book Democracy in America, the Frenchman dismissed members of the House as "mostly village lawyers, men in trade or even persons belonging to the lower classes of society." The Senate, on the other hand, contained "eloquent advocates, distinguished generals, wise magistrates and...
