Barack Obama: “Today the House Administration Committee took another important step toward putting in place critical protections to…”

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.