The United States has been a beacon within the world that signifies a nation can abide by its constitution that establishes the rule of law once agreed to by Congress and signed by the president. Our pledge to comply to such actions historically made us a community of all sorts of nationalities.
Historically this nation evolved with all sorts of issues led by those who immigrated to our portion of Mother Earth. George Washington and those following him struggled to develop a constitution. For me, the epitome of this evolution was during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In fact, until the election of Ronald Reagan, the Senate usually passed legislation by a vote of 98-2.
Clearly since the time of Reagan’s administration, our nation are slid continually into a deep divide. At this moment (2023), we have a House that is sharply divided to the point that its leader, Kevin McCarthy, barely achieved his position due to the divide within the Republican Party and his leadership is constantly threatened as noted by the passage of the debt ceiling bill.
The Democrats has barely control the Senate. They achieve their legislation when the Independents, e.g., Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
As of 2023, then, legislation has been difficult to pass.
From my perspective, the divisions in the Republican Party is the major problem. Some of their members support initiatives that are so extreme that their members fight constantly, e.g., cutting funding for securing our border, our research facilities, wanting to reduce veteran, federal state, and local police funding.
Our nation has grown to be strong, but has been weakened by internal divide. Where this all ends up is a question that will only be answered by history.
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