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pampango

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4. "The chief problem ... to make the two Congressional parties more national and international."

Reply to chalmers (Original post)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 10:18 AM

Dec 2015

The chief problem of American political life for a long time had been to make the two Congressional parties more national and international.

The balance of the local mindset vs the national/international mindset is one that affects all national legislatures. Since politicians are elected locally but expected to legislate in a country and world that is increasingly interdependent.

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