1 In a twin pregnancy. the average is 37 weeks. for triplets 34 and quadruplets 32 weeks. 2  The average birth weight for singletons is 7 lbs 7 oz. 3  Average birth weight of twins is 5 lbs 5 oz. for triplets 4lbs and quads 3lbs. 4  A difference in birth weight between multiples is not unusual.
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.
For example, the congressional elections of 1994, which swept the Republicans into the majority in the House and the Senate, led to a rightward shift in the political scene and the passage of welfare reform and the Defense of Marriage Act, among other pieces of legislation.