Five senior Republicans decline to run for re-election in 2022
Replacements may be less inclined to legislative compromise April 5, 2021 5:01 AM By Nancy Ognanovich
President Joe Bidenâs window to strike deals with Senate institutionalists who practiced traditional deal-making is steadily narrowing as more veterans prepare to head for the exits.
As Biden starts a push to enact ambitious plans to invest $4 billion into the nationâs infrastructure, Republicans known for negotiating large bipartisan spending agreements are entering the homestretch of their Senate careers. Five have already said they wonât seek re-election in 2022.
Veteran congressional watchers say the planned departures of GOP Sens. Richard Shelby (Ala.), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Richard Burr (N.C.), and Pat Toomey(Pa.) signal a continuing shift away from the kind of lawmakers who have long cobbled together bipartisan deals. Likely to take their place are hardliners less i
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