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Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or jumped in somewhere along the way, it’s been an enormous joy getting to read alongside you. But now it’s time for us to finish this chapter and close the Opportunity Book Club. ....
Readers Write: Dean Phillips bipartisanship, health insurance, COVID vaccine, Minnesotans and spicy food If it s easy, it s not enough. July 10, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: I was initially pleased to see the Star Tribune highlighting Rep. Dean Phillips attempts to bring bipartisanship back to Washington ( Phillips bipartisanship tested by D.C. reality, July 4). We certainly need more of it. And his predecessor, Jim Ramstad, was a master at reaching across the aisle. The article, however, was quick to note the congressman s list of extreme colleagues he refuses to reach out to. While I share Mr. Phillips disfavor for the far right and far left, effective congressional deal-makers will work with anyone to get things done and seek out fringe members to bring them toward the middle. It s not easy work, but if Phillips really wants to make a mark in Washington, he should seek t ....