Both Your Houses
What is the main conflict in Both Your Houses by Maxwell Anderson?
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The drama, or conflict, is centered on the contest over a spending bill, with the two opposing sides struggling to line up their votes. This compression both helps to unify the play and creates a dramatic tension: there is a deadline, the clock is, in effect, ticking, the gavel ready to fall.
Both Your Houses