Don Sherwood is not an essential member of Congress. They don't need him to be in Washington.

Two years is one session of Congress, so it helps break that close network of friends.

I served with General Washington in the Legislature of Virginia... and... with Dr. Franklin in Congress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.

Earmarking has been going on since the time of George Washington. If Congress chooses to make particular decisions about particular projects rather than have bureaucrats make them, it is perfectly appropriate.

Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.

cleanup drive in Washington, to break the grip of the permanent corporate government that makes good people in the Congress not fulfill their own potential.