GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate clinched the top spot in a new list of the most bipartisan members of Congress, but Republicans also came in dead last.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania Republican, and Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, earned the top spots in their chambers in the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy’s latest ranking of bipartisan members of Congress.
The index, which came out Monday, takes into account lawmakers’ efforts to broaden the appeal of their bills, not the quality of the legislation. That means lawmakers were scored on how they got members from both sides of the aisle to support their measures and entertain tweaks to the bills. Indeed, the latest list in the series that dates back to 2015 comes as Congress has struggled to function with such acts as funding the government.
While the GOP took the bottom spots, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, is second to last in bipartisanship in the House and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, is the fourth-least bipartisan senator.
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