Party in Government: Fighting Between Chambers and Parties

Take a look at the revised second-half syllabus: 

http://cmc-gov123.blogspot.com/2020/03/emergency-changes.html
Next week, we shall start to discuss parties in Congress. This article nicely illustrates the fights both between parties and between the chambers.

Heather Caygle, Melanie Zanona, and Kyle Cheney at Politico:

As Senate leaders struggled to reach a deal Monday morning, Republicans continued to scapegoat Pelosi, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) blasting the speaker during an early appearance on Fox News and accusing Pelosi of trying to blackmail Republicans with a wish-list of demands. Senior GOP aides were also shopping around Pelosi attack lines under the cloak of anonymity Monday morning.

For most congressional Republicans, the blame-Pelosi playbook is a familiar comfort — an easy go-to as party leaders wrestle for the upper hand in negotiations. For over a decade, the GOP has poured millions of dollars into campaign ads decrying the California Democrat and her “San Francisco values” as all that’s wrong in America. And the coronavirus crisis has proved no exception.

What’s less clear is if the blame game will work this time around. Although Pelosi is closely negotiating with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), she doesn’t actually have a vote in the Senate. Schumer is the one who leads his caucus and instructed Democrats to band together against the procedural vote after the two parties failed to reach a deal.