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Now that the dust has settled on the House speakership fight, both Washington, D.C. and the media have been eager to move on to other issues: the Israel-Hamas war, the Trump trials, the recent elections, and, on Capitol Hill, a potential government shutdown, and various funding bills.
In this column, Lee Hamilton argues that "values like compromise and negotiation are crucial" to a healthy democracy, not threats of violence to politicians.