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When Did Compromise Become a Four Letter Word?

Has partisanship gone too far?

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Sharon McMahon
Sep 16, 2024
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Congress is back after its summer recess, but it might as well still be on break, because not much is happening.

A government shutdown is looming. Again. It’s the same Groundhog Day experience that occurs every handful of months. This time, they have until September 30 to get twelve budget bills passed. 

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s plan was to pun…

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