“I think people asked me about this Alaska model because they realize that business as usual in D.C. isn’t working anymore,” Peltola said. “Slowly and surely, the partisan rancor from recent years is losing its appeal.'
Congresswoman Mary Peltola returned to the Alaska House Chamber Friday and told her former colleagues that their reputation for bipartisanship is a source of awe in the U.S. Capitol.
Peltola is a moderate Democrat in a U.S. House now led by Republicans. Bipartisanship is her motto, and this speech was on-brand. She kept it to 16 minutes – much shorter than the U.S. senators usually run – and devoted a lot of that time to the value of working across the aisle. Peltola served in the Legislature from 1999 to 2009, as a Democrat from Bethel. She helped revive the Bush Caucus, a bloc in the Legislature that pressed for the needs of rural Alaska.
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