Minnick Decries D.C. Partisanship

Congressman Walt Minnick was escorted into the Senate chamber, and is now addressing the Senate. “Washington is not at all like Idaho - after all, we in Idaho do know how to handle snow,” he said to chuckles. He added that Idaho knows how to handle a lot of things better than Washington, D.C. The problem, he said, is that both parties’ leadership in the nation’s capital is extremely partisan, “So partisan that blaming the other side has become more important than solving problems”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

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