Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

McConnell Just Wants to Make Democrats Sweat

The Republican Senate leader’s gambit to keep a grip on committee chairs can’t succeed, but he can put opponents in a squeeze.

January 22, 2021 at 12:30 PM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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