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A Moment For Moderates

Centrist US Senators Hope Deal Builds Goodwill

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who moderated bipartisan negotiations in her office to break the government shutdown stalemate, describes the power of the centrists
and her efforts to keep the talks civil, during a TV news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Collins holds a ceremonial “talking stick,” a gift
from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., which was passed from senator to senator; only the senator in possession of the “talking stick” could speak as others were listened.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
By MATTHEW DALY to address a host of issues beyond measure keeping the government weight of heavy expectations and
RICHARD LARDNER immigration, including health care open until Feb. 8. the knowledge that past attempts
Associated Press and disaster relief. Now the senators say they want to to forge centrist solutions on im-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Centrists in About 20 moderate senators met leverage that goodwill and return migration and other thorny issues
the Senate are celebrating their in the office of Maine Republican the Senate to its historic role as a have been thwarted by the vocal
work to reopen the government Sen. Susan Collins over several deliberative body that produces bases of both parties.
after a three-day shutdown. They days and helped broker an agree- bipartisan legislation. Despite their
hope to build on their momentum ment to pass a stopgap spending optimism, lawmakers face the Continued on Page 3

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