Hillary Gets Friendly With GOP Leaders
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, General PoliticsMore signs that Hill wants to be the new Bill.
Last week, Clinton joined Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to launch yet another bipartisan joint venture, this one on health-information technology.
“Together we share an important goal: to improve healthcare quality and reduce costs� though the program, Frist said on the floor, while describing the legislation he introduced along with “the distinguished senator from New York.�
Clinton was more willing to offer personal praise for Frist, expressing her appreciation on the floor for his “leadership� on the issue. “I’m pleased to be introducing this legislation today with the majority leader,� she said. “It’s a priority for both of us.�
Clinton denies any political motive to her bipartisan cooperation. “I’m just focused on trying to get things done,� she told The Hill. “I consider the legislation I work on important to the people I represent.�
Yet the bills Clinton has co-sponsored this year are supported by some of the chamber’s most ambitious Republicans, even though the subjects are sometimes banal.
More from…well…The Hill.
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