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Gridlock still blocking overdue Social Security reform
Last week the Ghost of Gridlock Present crossed paths in Washington with the Ghost of Gridlock Future. It makes for a spine-chilling tale. Gridlock Present was haunting the Senate, where legislators dissolved into partisan warfare over a bill to fight human trafficking that most of them support. That was scary enough. In some ways, Gridlock Future’s hovering presence at a little-noticed scene on the steps of the Capitol was even scarier. There, last Wednesday, it became clear that the enforcers of Never-Compromise ideology are ascendant inside the Democratic Party, as they have been for years among Republicans. Read more…