President Trump talks a lot about legislative accomplishments, like all president. The tax cut was done under reconciliation, which doesn't require bipartisan cooperation. But veterans bills, appropriations, etc., require some element of minority-party support. The truth is 1/2https://twitter.com/ThBlondePatriot/status/1049792824508633088 …
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the politicians, the press and the public only pay attention to the fights. And if there's a roll call vote on something, it's usually because there's significant dissent. A lot gets done - even now - on a bipartisan basis. But seldom do you hear much about voice-voted bills. 2/3
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My favorite anecdote in this area is that Mike Enzi and Ted Kennedy were the most likely senators to vote with their parties on mostly party-line votes. And yet they combined to write lots of laws together that provided little controversy and commanded little attention 3/3
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