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Bipartisanship in Congress Still Matters: A Conversation with Frances Lee

2021/4/24
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Commentators report a simple story about Congress: it is rigidly divided like the Hatfields and McCoys. The results are either liberal or conservative legislation or stubborn deadlock. Not so far. Frances Lee finds that bipartisanship remains the key to legislative success on Capitol Hill as does compromise. Professor Lee brings her fresh interpretation of Congress to the current battle in Congress over Joe Biden’s liberal agenda.