BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 1, 2021
It was good to hear President Joe Biden highlight several instances of either ongoing or successfully completed bipartisan negotiations in his address to Congress on Wednesday. Having said that, we can’t help feeling like Biden missed other easy opportunities to give some Republicans credit, and really lean in to the idea of both parties working together and crafting solutions that they and a diverse nation can support. For example, Biden missed a chance to highlight a recent bipartisan step forward on climate change. He could have quickly mentioned the bipartisan Senate action earlier that very same day to pass a resolution, cosponsored by Maine independent Sen. Angus King, to reinstate methane rules that the Trump administration had rolled back.