If we say we believe in the sanctity of life, then we elect congressmen or women who do the same.
By then, the 2010 elections may have produced a more conservative batch of congressmen.
Many congressmen are said to have made pacts with militia bosses to win their seats in the 2006 elections.
Even some Democrats (such as the fiscally conservative Blue Dog coalition of congressmen) see Obamacare as a millstone around their necks.
In a scheme known as the mensalão (roughly, “big monthly stipend”) the PT had bought votes of congressmen from allied parties.