Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Republicans Can’t Legislate Because They Stopped Trying

McConnell’s “100% focus” on opposing Biden leaves no space to prepare for the hard work of governing.

May 7, 2021 at 11:30 AM UTC

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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