“ It’s a constant process of testing. As to what I would like to do and how close you can come to it, depends on trying to get a majority of votes at all times. You make a trade-off. If you’re an individual member, you can do whatever you want, but you may not get it made into law. If you become the chairman, you have much greater authority to get things done, but only if you accept some constraint on your personal choices.”
— Barney Frank on agenda setting power and constraint
