Style Invitational Week 1032: Keep it symbol-stupid; plus the winning 'joint legislation'

The Washington Monument: It has a square base, the four sides representing Truth, Justice, and the American Way, and something else. But! Partway up it changes color, which is illegal immigration, after which the square base gradually shrinks until it disappears at the tip. And the tip is aluminum, which has an atomic number of 13, and there are 13 characters in "Barack H. Obama" . . .