The Commuter Congress

Families don’t move to Washington anymore, and lawmakers live on the road. Is this any way to govern? In its midcentury heyday, 50 or so members of the Senate Wives’ Club, met at 10 o’clock each Tuesday morning, Democrats and Republicans alike, sitting together in Red Cross uniforms, rolling bandages and exchanging the intimate details of their lives. “We became […]

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