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How Senate Intel Committee remains a bright spot of collegiality

At a time of hyper-partisanship, the Senate Intelligence Committee stands out as a rare island of bipartisanship and collegiality – even on the issue of Russian meddling in U.S. elections.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chair of the committee, has a ready answer for how he and the chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., have pulled it off, while their House counterparts have not.

“Hard work!” Senator Warner said Thursday at a Monitor Breakfast for reporters.

“It’s a little old fashioned, but the

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