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No Value to Reaching Across the Aisle?

Senator Flake stated on 60 Minutes that “There’s no value to reaching across the aisle.” And that if he were running for reelection there was “no way” he could have successfully called for further investigation of Judge Kavanaugh. This has got to change if we are to be governed effectively.

Journalists should encourage readers and watchers to ask their elected officials about successfully sponsored bipartisan legislation. If the answer is “none”, send them home. Because in such case the elected officials have conclusively evidenced that their focus is on their own re-election, not on any of our or America’s welfare.

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