President Kennedy speaks with Senate GOP leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois in March 1961. Dirksen's support was critical to passing civil rights legislation through Congress. Harvey Georges/AP hide caption
Until the political parties learn to hold the center, we may wind up with more of this. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Flowers bloom at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., though the same can't be said of bipartisanship. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Democrat Steny Hoyer of Maryland (left), who will be the House minority whip in the new Congress, and Republican Eric Cantor of Virginia, the incoming majority leader, leave after a prayer service Wednesday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images hide caption