Bipartisanship is dead — Republicans killed it

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Bipartisanship is dead — Republicans killed it
By Kevin Walling, opinion contributor — 05/23/21 12:00 PM EDT

In the Spring of 2004, I was a newly minted college sophomore studying political science at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. In between classes, a part-time job in the now-defunct B. Dalton Union Station bookstore, and attempting to unsuccessfully sneak into D.C. bars underage, I also spent that semester as an intern in the offices of U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). The internship coincided with the core hearings and work of the 9/11 Commission that had started in March 2003 and concluded the following Summer in 2004, with the report being published on July 22.

Sen. Carper’s offices were located on the fifth floor of the Hart Senate Office Building, just three floors above the large hearing room made famous by the work of the Commission and previous and subsequent Supreme Court appointment hearings. During each of the hearings that Spring, I would make a point of slipping into the back of the massive hearing room to listen to the testimony of Bush administration officials, terrorism and national security experts, and our nation’s key military and intelligence leaders. At the front of the room was the expansive dais, a place usually reserved for the senators themselves, but for these hearings the chairs were occupied by commission members — five Democrats and five Republicans.

The 9/11 attack had been so breathtaking in its devastation and horrifying in its simplicity that Congressional leaders from both parties came together to pass legislation establishing the commission with overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate as part of that year’s Intelligence Authorization Act (2013, H.R.4628). At the time, both chambers were under united Republican control, and President George W. Bush signed the authorization bill on Nov. 27, 2002. During the signing ceremony, President Bush declared, “As a nation, we're working every day to build a future that is peaceful and secure. To reach this goal, we must learn all about the past that we can. So with this commission we have formed today, America will learn more about the evil that was done to us, and the understanding we will gain will serve us for years to come.”

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[HoustonSam]

This article simply continues the premise that "bipartisanship" means "doing what Ds want."  If the proposed commission were truly bipartisan then there would be enough R votes for it to pass.

The Rs might finally be pronouncing bipartisanship dead after maintaining it with CPR and offering up their own organs for transplant; but by no means did the Rs kill bipartisanship.

[Sled Dog]

Hopefully it's dead.

Better make sure.

Stuff the mouths of anyone wishing for bipartisanship with garlic, drive an ash stake through their hearts, fill their coffins with white wild roses, sprinkle them with holy water, cut their heads off, and bury them under the middle of a running stream.

Or at least do the Fargo thing with the wood chipper.

[Fishrrman]

"In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit"

- Ayn Rand

[Hoodat]

Remind me again how many Senate Democrats voted for Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation?

[Smokin Joe]

Nuke it from orbit! It's the only way to be sure.


The 'pubbies are lousy "negotiators". They start with exactly what they want and get less every time.
The Dims start with the moon and stars and 'settle' for just one little planet--this time.

Enough. Not ideas, but requirements, even demands. Play hardball, damnit, that is what they were elected to do.

This ain't beanbag.