U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) will take a respite from Congress's partisan pie-fight to participate in an Oxford-style debate with a Democratic Senate colleague in hopes of “restoring a spirit of compromise & consensus for the good of the American people.”
U.S. Senator U.S. Senator Rob Portman, R-Ohio, left, speaks as U.S. Senator Chris Murphy D-Conn., looks on during a briefing at Ukrainian Presidential office after their meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen.
The event is the second installment of three debates sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The first debate in Boston between South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a former Democratic presidential candidate, was. Plans are currently underway to finalize the date for a third “Senate Project” debate in Utah.
“Over the last year, the Senate has made notable progress on several key issues, including bipartisan laws to strengthen our national infrastructure and combat gun violence, the kind of progress that can only be made through meaningful give and take and hard work to find common ground,” Portman’s statement said.
A statement from Kennedy Institute Board Chair Bruce A. Percelay called the debate series " a step towards restoring a spirit of compromise and consensus for the good of the American people.”
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