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Despite this clear statement, later the Colonial legislature withdrew the franchise from Roman Catholics. See {624149}. Despite this temporary restriction of religious freedom, Rhode Island and Connecticut were far ahead of the other New England colonies in freedom of conscience.
The cultural norms of Congress change from era to era. In the 1930s and 1940s members of Congress could not fly back to their home districts for weekends and many, like Truman, did not have their spouse in Washington. There was a camaraderie among Congressmen—even members of opposite parties or political enemies. Also, while there was much divisiveness on most domestic policy issues, there tended to be much bipartisanship on foreign policy and procedural matters. At the opposite extreme, in the first years of the 21st century, there was little or no socializing among Congress members and certainly little between party opponents. One party had vowed to block all legislation so that they could say the President did not accomplish anything and limit him to a single term, and the other party saw the situation as advantageous as they could blame the Congressional failure on the other party. Few people had friends with whom they disagreed politically.
