Congress should get the job done.

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.

The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And the brutality of the Assad regime is unacceptable.

That's the definition of 'success' for the modern Democrat Party. As many people dependent on government as possible is the objective.

Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins.

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.