WASHINGTON (AP) — For at least a few days, Washington may have actually worked.
Republicans and Democrats talked to each other. President Barack Obama and several members of his administration conversed with lawmakers, too.
As a result, a Senate committee unanimously backed legislation to give Congress a say in the Iran nuclear talks. In the biggest surprise of all, the White House said Obama would sign the measure if it passed the full Congress.
For a capital city long mired in gridlock, where Republicans and Democrats rarely have overlapping priorities, it was a rare burst of bipartisanship ”“ even if neither side was quite ready to admit it.
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