How to Stay the Course

Members Offer Sage Advice

• By Tricia Miller
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 27, 2009, Midnight

Among the many words of advice that Members of Congress give in the new book “Political Rules of the Road: Representatives, Senators, and Presidents Share Their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics, and Life” is former Rep. Al Cederberg’s (R-Mich.) simple poem, “Remember the Congressman’s Lament.”