Friday, November 16, 2018

Bipartisanship Is Overrated

In two phone chats after Democrats won the House in the midterm election, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and likely House speaker Nancy Pelosi broached the subject of bipartisanship-or as McConnell put it, "Ways we might be able to find a way forward."

Vengeful House Democrats would rather make life miserable for President Trump by investigating his entire administration.

Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, has said he wants to know how Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner got a security clearance.

House committee chairs have wide latitude-wider than their Senate counterparts.

Trump has threatened to boycott any cooperation with Democrats if he is investigated by House Democrats.

If Democrats insist, the next two years could be a dead time for new policies and projects.

If Democrats had joined, it wouldn't have improved the legislation.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/fred-barnes/bipartisanship-is-overrated

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