I wanted to confirm my understanding of the congressional leadership's responsibility for making appointments to the commission. Am I correct in believing that the congressional appointees were designed to ensure that the commission is not composed simply of people representing just the views of the administration?
Discussing the congressional leadership's role in appointing members to a commission.
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Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.
When you're dealing with 100 United States senators, let alone 435 House members, you're not going to get it all the way you want it. The president's going to have to give some, the president is going to have to show leadership.
My recommendation to the Congress and to the president would be, quit campaigning, quit having press conferences. Sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.