When Bipartisanship Worked
How Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill and Republican President Ronald Reagan worked together on major issues
“Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked” was a book by Chris Matthews about how the Democratic Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill, and President Ronald Reagan both believed in the art of compromise, found common ground, and sought bipartisan solutions between 1981 and 1986 to reform taxes, save Social Security, reform immigration, and set a course towa…
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