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Both former Senate Majority Leaders — the Democrat Daschle and Republican Lott are no strangers to the tough talk and partisan rhetoric of Capitol Hill. But these days, the two believe that has become a national crisis.
Hence the title of their new book, "Crisis Point: Why we must — and how we can — overcome our broken politics in Washington and across America."
Washington has never been a bipartisan love-fest, but in their book, the former Congressional leaders offer solutions to some of the largest obstacles keeping the two parties from working together.
https://news.wgbh.org/2016/01/21/lo...-former-senate-leaders-tom-daschle-trent-lott
According to Daschle, it’s important to remember that we, as country, have endured worse. “Obviously we have had to endure civil war,” he said. “Things got very bad...150 years ago.”
gsgs comment-
Did Sen.Daschle also say, that the division between our two main political parties is just as bad, now, as it was during the Civil War ?
If that is close to what the Senator said, congratulations, Extreme Right Wing.
You have blown past your goal of dragging us back into the 1950s.
/end gsgs comment
https://news.wgbh.org/2016/01/21/bo...friends-trent-lott-and-tom-daschle-our-broken
http://www.northcountrypublicradio....e-sides-of-the-aisle-a-call-for-common-ground
Former senators Tom Daschle, a Democrat, and Trent Lott, a Republican, have very real ideological differences and served on opposite sides of the aisle during some of the most contentious times in Senate history, including the Clinton impeachment.
Now, the two politicians are coming together to sound the alarm on the polarization that has made Americans lose faith in their government, which can’t get much done anyway because of the deep divide between the two parties.
"Partisan rancor has overtaken reasoned debate so completely that an entire generation wonders what Congress does all day. And we’d be hard-pressed to answer them."
http://www.npr.org/2016/01/19/463511807/for-growing-partisan-divide-the-bridge-is-still-out
Sensible suggestions
Campaign finance reform, and not just on the presidential level, is another huge factor, according to Daschle. “The money chase is unbelievable today,” he said. “We’re going to spend over $5 billion, I’m told, on the presidential race this cycle. A typical senator has to raise $15,000 a day to reach what you need to have in the next re-election cycle. They spend 20-30 hours a week raising money, dialing for dollars. That not only takes them away from legislating, keeps them away from building the relationships you need, but I think there’s an increasingly onerous tone to all of that.”
Two days a week in senate is not enough time, Daschle says, to fix the country. It’s also not enough time to build vital relationships. “You’ve got over 50 members of congress who sleep on their sofas,” he said. “That’s a new form of public housing.”
Lott and Daschle represented different parties and worked for very different goals, but Daschle says they had something that’s missing from the current system: trust. “One of the reasons Trent and I were able to accomplish some things is because we had a relationship, we trusted each other, we could communicate,” Daschle said. “There are so many aspects of the legislative process that requires that relationship-building, that communication, that trust.”
To begin rebuilding trust, restoring relationships, and getting things done, Crisis Point suggests a few alternative methods. “We recommend that [senators] work five days a week,” Lott said. “I used to have what I called bed-check mode, so on Monday, get everybody back in town, and I used to say on Thursday night, ‘look, if we finish this highway bill, this drinking water bill, we’ll go out tonight, Thursday night, otherwise we’ll be here tomorrow, Friday.’ It’s amazing what you can get done. We do recommend that they do five days a week three days a week and then a week out.”
To solve the money issue, Lott and Daschle recommend a shorter campaign, and only one primary before a general election. “
https://news.wgbh.org/2016/01/21/bo...friends-trent-lott-and-tom-daschle-our-broken
Senator Trent Lott does not seem to favor Trump!
Listen in, and hear what he has to say.
Before Ted Kennedy died, he was part of the bipartisan group that negotiated.
Both sides came together in agreement, for the good of our country.
Hence the title of their new book, "Crisis Point: Why we must — and how we can — overcome our broken politics in Washington and across America."
Washington has never been a bipartisan love-fest, but in their book, the former Congressional leaders offer solutions to some of the largest obstacles keeping the two parties from working together.
https://news.wgbh.org/2016/01/21/lo...-former-senate-leaders-tom-daschle-trent-lott
According to Daschle, it’s important to remember that we, as country, have endured worse. “Obviously we have had to endure civil war,” he said. “Things got very bad...150 years ago.”
gsgs comment-
Did Sen.Daschle also say, that the division between our two main political parties is just as bad, now, as it was during the Civil War ?
If that is close to what the Senator said, congratulations, Extreme Right Wing.
You have blown past your goal of dragging us back into the 1950s.
/end gsgs comment
https://news.wgbh.org/2016/01/21/bo...friends-trent-lott-and-tom-daschle-our-broken
http://www.northcountrypublicradio....e-sides-of-the-aisle-a-call-for-common-ground
Former senators Tom Daschle, a Democrat, and Trent Lott, a Republican, have very real ideological differences and served on opposite sides of the aisle during some of the most contentious times in Senate history, including the Clinton impeachment.
Now, the two politicians are coming together to sound the alarm on the polarization that has made Americans lose faith in their government, which can’t get much done anyway because of the deep divide between the two parties.
"Partisan rancor has overtaken reasoned debate so completely that an entire generation wonders what Congress does all day. And we’d be hard-pressed to answer them."
http://www.npr.org/2016/01/19/463511807/for-growing-partisan-divide-the-bridge-is-still-out
Sensible suggestions
Campaign finance reform, and not just on the presidential level, is another huge factor, according to Daschle. “The money chase is unbelievable today,” he said. “We’re going to spend over $5 billion, I’m told, on the presidential race this cycle. A typical senator has to raise $15,000 a day to reach what you need to have in the next re-election cycle. They spend 20-30 hours a week raising money, dialing for dollars. That not only takes them away from legislating, keeps them away from building the relationships you need, but I think there’s an increasingly onerous tone to all of that.”
Two days a week in senate is not enough time, Daschle says, to fix the country. It’s also not enough time to build vital relationships. “You’ve got over 50 members of congress who sleep on their sofas,” he said. “That’s a new form of public housing.”
Lott and Daschle represented different parties and worked for very different goals, but Daschle says they had something that’s missing from the current system: trust. “One of the reasons Trent and I were able to accomplish some things is because we had a relationship, we trusted each other, we could communicate,” Daschle said. “There are so many aspects of the legislative process that requires that relationship-building, that communication, that trust.”
To begin rebuilding trust, restoring relationships, and getting things done, Crisis Point suggests a few alternative methods. “We recommend that [senators] work five days a week,” Lott said. “I used to have what I called bed-check mode, so on Monday, get everybody back in town, and I used to say on Thursday night, ‘look, if we finish this highway bill, this drinking water bill, we’ll go out tonight, Thursday night, otherwise we’ll be here tomorrow, Friday.’ It’s amazing what you can get done. We do recommend that they do five days a week three days a week and then a week out.”
To solve the money issue, Lott and Daschle recommend a shorter campaign, and only one primary before a general election. “
https://news.wgbh.org/2016/01/21/bo...friends-trent-lott-and-tom-daschle-our-broken
Senator Trent Lott does not seem to favor Trump!
Listen in, and hear what he has to say.
Before Ted Kennedy died, he was part of the bipartisan group that negotiated.
Both sides came together in agreement, for the good of our country.
