by jpitney | Sep 15, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Devin Dwyer,Megan Hughes, and Benjamin Siegel at ABC: More than 1 million people attended the Minnesota State Fair this year — snacking on pork chops, sizing up the famed butter sculptures and posing with prize-winning farm animals. But Reps. Dean...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Debt
Tara D.Sonenshine writes at The Hill: In a recent letter to congressional leaders, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that without raising the debt ceiling, “the most likely outcome is that cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted during the month of...
by jpitney | Aug 29, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Montana
In January, Holly Michels wrote at the Helena Independent Record about Steve Bullock, who was finishing his tenure as Governor of Montana. By his second legislative session Bullock partnered with a Republican to bring the Disclose Act, which increased transparency in...
by jpitney | Aug 23, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Congress
Fmr. GOP Rep. Paul Mitchell, who died earlier this month after a battle with cancer, asked for this interview to be run after he passed. He expressed his wish for “real bipartisanship” within the country. “I think you have to choose whether or not to love people.”...
by jpitney | Aug 10, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Congress
At The Washington Post, Amber Phillips explains the progress of infrastructure legislation: Rebuilding infrastructure is popular. Counterintuitively, bipartisan agreements in Congress are more common than we think, says Molly Reynolds, a congressional analyst with the...
by jpitney | Aug 10, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
At R Street, Nan Swift wries on the Select Committee on the Organization of Congress (SCOMC): While the rest of Congress squabbles over masks, the SCOMC has continued to work diligently, guided by their commitment to civility, consensus and purpose. The results of...
