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“Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.” quote by Thomas E. Mann — Download Open image

“Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.”

Thomas E. Mann

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Congress Fosters Little Message Party Politics Safe Serious Symbolic Votes

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Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so.

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