“Neither side has clean hands.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMembers from purple states are particularly aware of the need to cook up deals. “The place of bipartisan solutions come from the Senate,” said Senator Cory Gardner, Republican of Colorado. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAlready, some Senate Republicans and Democrats are talking privately about a way forward, at least on the insurance exchanges on health care. It is also true that Mr. McConnell and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, enjoy a better relationship than the one that helped pave the way to Thursday’s showdown: that of Mr. McConnell and former Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. Mr. Schumer expressed hope for a different future when he said to Mr. McConnell on the Senate floor on Thursday, “Let us go no further on this path.”

Source: New York Times April 06, 2017 18:47 UTC