by jpitney | Aug 3, 2023 | Bipartisanship, California Politics, Civility
At LAT, Mark Z. Barabak writes of the unlikely friendship of Democatic Rep. Ami Bera and Republican operative Rob Stutzman: It helped that Bera tends toward the center-left, with a business-friendly bent. (“Organized labor does not like Bera and neither do we,” the...
by jpitney | Jul 20, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Judy Kurtz at The Hill: Now, StoryCorps’s One Small Step, in partnership with The Hill, is going a step further, by facilitating conversations in Congress. The new project pairs up lawmakers, along with senior staff members at the Capitol, for chats with their...
by jpitney | Jul 19, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Veterans
by jpitney | Jun 4, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Disabilities
“Disability Policy in the Contemporary Congress,” John J. Pitney From the journal The Forum https://doi.org/10.1515/for-2023-2017 Abstract: Cite thisShare this The politics of disability policy in the contemporary Congress confirms the observation by James...
by jpitney | Jun 3, 2023 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Debt
President Biden: I want to commend Speaker McCarthy. You know, he and I, we — and our teams — we were able to get along and get things done. We were straightforward with one another, completely honest with one another, and respectful with one another. Both sides...
by jpitney | Mar 30, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Senate, War Power
Anthony Adragna at Politico: Four years after they first linked arms — forging an unlikely alliance to claw back war powers in Iraq — Democrats’ ex-vice presidential nominee and Republicans’ former Senate campaigns chief are closing in on victory. It was...
