51.   Republicans call it smart budgeting for the legislative branch, Democrats decry it as secretive funneling.

52.   Reprogramming of legislative branch funds still happens under Republican control of the House.

53.   So you can forget all the baloney about the balance of leadership having shifted to the legislative branch.

54.   That is why, as difficult as it may be, in the legislative branch, we have a constitutional duty to conduct this investigation.

55.   That would confirm the extreme polarization of Washington politics but give us little confidence that the legislative branch has considered the historic importance of its decision.

56.   That was how the CIA did business with the legislative branch in those days.

57.   The comments on the question of collective bargaining also highlight the degree of coordination between several unions that are interested in representing legislative branch workers.

58.   The Constitution limits the role of the legislative branch in the conduct of foreign policy.

59.   The Capitol vs. the White House, the legislative branch vs. the executive branch, a Depression-era incumbent Senate majority leader vs. a baby boomer incumbent president.

60.   The executive branch checks the legislative branch and the judicial branch checks the executive branch and so it goes.