For the Intelligencer
Dawn breaks at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
CHARLESTON Once again, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., came in among the top 10 of members of Congress willing to work across party lines.
The nonpartisan Lugar Center founded by former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University released their annual Bipartisan Index Rankings on Monday for the 116th Congress, covering 2019 and 2020.
The index looks at members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and ranks members based on their willingness to work with members of the opposite political party. Lugar Center Policy Director Dan Diller said that despite the perception that the country is more politically divided than ever, individual members of Congress still worked together on numerous issues.
Democrat Joe Neguse ranked as the most bipartisan member of Colorado s House delegation in the last Congress, according to the latest index released this week by the nonpartisan Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
Former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, however, produced by far the most bipartisan record among the state s D.C. denizens during the two years before voters sent the Yuma Republican packing.
Neguse, of Lafayette, landed in the top 10% of House members on the scale, which measures how often lawmakers legislation attracts co-sponsors from across the aisle and how often they sign on to bills sponsored by members of the other party.
For The Inter-Mountain
CHARLESTON Once again, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., came in among the top 10 of members of Congress willing to work across party lines.
The nonpartisan Lugar Center founded by former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University released their annual Bipartisan Index Rankings on Monday for the 116th Congress, covering 2019 and 2020.
The index looks at members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and ranks members based on their willingness to work with members of the opposite political party. Lugar Center Policy Director Dan Diller said that despite the perception that the country is more politically divided than ever, individual members of Congress still worked together on numerous issues.
Bipartisan Index Ranks How Well Congress Works Across Aisle - Across America, US - The Index ranked members of the 116th Congress, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and more.