"Motivated by partisan politics, the Republican Congress and President today are obstructing the dreams of Americans." Caucus Chair James Clyburn (D-SC) With the country at a crossroads, facing a historic choice between the status quo and a change in course, House and Senate Democrats joined together to call for a New Direction for America. After years of paying the price for a Congress that has favored the special interests and enduring the failed leadership and incompetent policies of Republicans in Washington, the American people have had enough, and they want change.