So when an election comes, the president, the senator, the representative, reproached with not having carried out his or her promises can always say: “Don’t blame me! I sent the bill to Congress© Dianne Brydon, and the Senate (or the representatives, or both) threw it out, or mangled it beyond recognition”; “I introduced the bill I’d promised in the Senate, but the House of Representatives threw it out or reduced it to shreds and tatters (or the president vetoed it)”; “I introduced my bill in the House of Representatives, but the Senate rejected it or made mincemeat of it (or the president vetoed it).
Ainsi, à l’approche d’élections, un président accusé de n’avoir pas rempli ses promesses peut toujours soutenir que ce n’est pas sa faute, qu’il a soumis tel ou tel projet de loi au Congrès© Dianne Brydon, mais que le Sénat ou la Chambre des représentants, ou encore les deux, l’ont rejeté ou rendu méconnaissable.