Among the first issues Congress plans to take up are immigration, stem cell research and tax cuts, all subjects that expose deep divisions among Republicans.
The divide over the current crisis with Britain also seems to expose divisions within each political approach.
But the budget disarray and accompanying political scandal have exposed racial and philosophical divisions within Miami that may take longer to mend.
The election, for a largely ceremonial post, has exposed bitter personal rivalries as well as divisions among clans and regions.
But the idea has exposed divisions in the league.
This contest was an extremely divisive struggle between Timbrell and Grossman, which exposed deep divisions in the party.
The letter - between two Conservatives - exposes divisions over how heavy a burden the poor and vulnerable should bear from the budget cuts.
The analysis, based on a review of six studies carried out from 1959 to 2003, exposes deep divisions in the field that are rarely discussed in public.
His election exposed deep divisions and weakness among the ruling Social Democrats, who failed in three attempts, including today, to elect their own candidate to the presidency.
Elections tend to expose divisions, not heal them.