Despite a much tougher atmosphere with a GOP House, some senators are hoping against the odds that they can keep a streak of bipartisan action going.
Sens. Susan Collins, left, and Joe Manchin said their work would not halt just because it may be tougher to convince Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s majority to take up legislation. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoThere’s a new speaker in the House and fewer influential centrists. Washington’s bipartisan fever hasn’t broken yet, though.
Yet, two of the ringleaders of the past 30 months of bipartisan dealmaking say they won’t be dissuaded by the tougher dynamics that Speakerand his reed-thin majority present, alongside Democrats’ bare Senate majority and the looming presidential race. That’s primarily thanks to tricky leadership politics: McCarthy barely won the speakership after a brutal intraparty battle and could easily find his job on the line if he compromises with Democrats, particularly on immigration. Manchin has already met with McCarthy and Collins plans to seek a meeting soon. Both Senate Majority Leaderfacilitated the dealmaking aspirations of centrists like Collins and Manchin last Congress, cutting against the grain of their partisan reputations.
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