Congress has a deep, vested interest in its own inefficiency.

The government of the world's most powerful nation is running furiously in place.

The breath of life of the Senate is, of course, continuity,

Decades of the seniority rule had conferred influence in the Senate not on men who broke new ground but on men who were careful not to.

New characters always cause a reshuffle.

Awful momentum makes carrying through easier than calling off folly.