by jpitney | Aug 29, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress
AP congressional correspondent Alan Fram is retiring. From his closing thoughts: Anti-government rhetoric by politicians is not new. But these latest assaults on faith in government and the election system underpinning it — by potent influencers like a former...
by jpitney | Aug 5, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, House of Representatives, Polarization
Emily Wilkins at Bloomberg: Rep. Peter Meijer’s loss in his primary Tuesday night is the latest blow to dealmakers in the House known for reaching across the aisle and being willing to buck their party on votes when needed. Meijer, a member of the bipartisan Problem...
by jpitney | Jul 21, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Elections, Electoral College, Presidency
From Senator Sudan Collins: Today, after months of bipartisan negotiations led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), two proposals were introduced which include legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 to...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Deliberation, Public Opinion
Carl Hulse at The New York Times: “There is strong evidence that [lawmakers] actually don’t even know the views of their constituents,” said Steven Kull, a psychologist who heads the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland’s School of Public...
by jpitney | Jul 10, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on his friendship with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY): “I told Liz I can’t wait to going back to disagreeing with her about everything. But right now, we are in a constitutional emergency, and we are all constitutional first responders.”...
by jpitney | Jul 5, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Foreign Policy
Andrew Desiderio at Politico writes about overseas congressional delegations {CODELS] Many facets of official Washington can look impenetrably bureaucratic to the voters who send lawmakers there, and in some ways CODELs are no exception. But there’s a reason the...
