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Old 30th December 2012, 05:56 PM   #21
marplots
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Originally Posted by Montag451 View Post
This is one area where the british system has it right. If you campaign on an issue and is included in your manifesto then the opposition actually vote for it. Wouldn't this small change make this sort of thing moot? I understand that the system in the states is different but it should be possible to have something similar.
But in a sense, each member of Congress has a manifesto from their own district, those that elected them. This puts them at odds with others, and not just members of the opposite party. The logjam in Congress represents a similar diversity of entrenched positions across the country. It's not that we just can't get along in Congress, we can't get along, period.
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