by jpitney | Dec 31, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Reagan
Jill Lawrence at The Bulwark: “Bipartisan work is as basic as the American covenant, E pluribus unum, out of many, one,” Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, said recently on NBC’s Meet the Press. In 2022, he ran a memorable campaign ad about his unlikely work...
by jpitney | Dec 22, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) was one of the winners of the 2024 Newsweek-Stubblefield Institute Civility Awards. He recently spoke to Larry Platt of the Philadelphia Citizen It’s funny in politics, right? [Laughs] You are used to getting called too young and then...
by jpitney | Dec 9, 2024 | Bipartisanship, California Politics, Congress, Senate
Laphonza Butler spoke to Politico Playbook about her 13-month tenure as an appointed senator from California: I don’t believe Gov. Newsom was elected to be the governor of the resistance. I don’t believe Sen.-elect Schiff was elected to be the senator-elect of of the...
by jpitney | Oct 27, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Senate
Matthew Lieberman remembers his father, the late Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000: It’s no accident that the hallmarks of my dad’s career included such traits as bipartisanship, the courage to lead, civility...
by jpitney | Oct 6, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The HIll: The comic strip character, Pogo, identified the problem: “We have met the enemy and they are us.” Anna, the teacher in “The King and I,” identified the solution in the song, “Getting to Know You.” The basic truth that resonates in both...
by jpitney | Sep 19, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Deliberation, House of Representatives
From the Hoover Institution and the Sunwater Institute (among the authors are Matt Glassman of the CMC DC program, and Dave Hoppe): Mission At a time of heightened concern about the strength of our democracy, we cannot ignore the poor health of Congress. Our...
