This guest post comes to us from Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA). Congressman Frank is one of two openly gay Hous members, is the Chair of the Financial Services Committee, an has been a leader in the development of the Employmen NonDiscrimination Act
Being in the legislative minority is easy – pulling together to block bad things does not require a lot of agonizing over tough decisions. Being in the majority is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we have the ability to move forward in a positive way on important public policy goals. Detracting from that is the fact that it is never possible for us at any given time to get everything that we would like, and so we have to make difficult choices. But it is important to remember that the good part of this greatly outweighs the bad. Going from a situation in which all we can do is to prevent bad things from happening to one in which we have to decide exactly how much good is achievable and what strategic choices we must make to get there is a great advance. (READ)
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