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Sunday 24th of May 2026

Congress Although women and minorities were still underrepresented [in Congress] at the end of the twentieth century, both groups gained considerable ground during the postwar period. In sharp contrast, working-class Americans — who have made up more than 50 percent of the labor force for at least the last hundred years — have never made up more than 2 percent of Congress. Nicholas Carnes, White-Collar Government [2013] © 2019 Kwiple.com
Congress Ambition will counteract ambition only until ambition discovers that conformity serves its goals better. At that time, Congress, the body expected to check presidential power, may become the president's most potent enabler. David Frum, “How to Build an Autocracy” © 2017 Kwiple.com
Congress As politics has become polarized, Congress has increasingly become a check only on presidents of the opposite party. David Frum, “How to Build an Autocracy” © 2017 Kwiple.com
Congress As such, white Protestants are overrepresented in government, and are disproportionately represented in Congress. Currently 77 percent of Congress is made up of whites, compared with 60 percent of the general population, and 55 percent of Congress identify as some kind of Protestant, compared with 43 percent nationally. Mary Trump, The Reckoning  [2021] © 2021 Kwiple.com
Congress  The House sits, not for serious discussion, but to sanction the conclusions of its Committees as rapidly as possible. It legislates in its committee rooms; not by the determination of majorities, but by the resolutions of specially-commissioned minorities; so that it is not far from the truth to say that Congress in session is Congress on special exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee rooms is Congress at work. Woodrow Wilson, Congressional Government © 2021 Kwiple.com
Congress If PRO is the opposite of CON is PROgress the opposite of CONgress? Billboard outside a liquor store on Church Street in Manhattan  September 7, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Congress No matter what the sequence of action among the three departments, if the process is played out to the end, Congress always gets the last say (if it wants it). Garry Wills © 2019 Kwiple.com
 
Congress Some people think, Congress? You mean we should ask Congress to do something that may be politically hard because a relatively small, intense minority doesn't like it? Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. Elizabeth Warren, Persist © 2021 Kwiple.com