'Game Recognizes Game': A Bipartisan Bond In The Age Of Impeachment
Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York and Republican Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia are receiving an award for civility for teaming up on criminal justice reform.
by Claudia Grisales
Sep 27, 2019
3 minutes
House lawmakers Hakeem Jeffries and Doug Collins couldn't be more different.
Jeffries is a Democrat and an avid hip-hop devotee, while Collins is a Republican who favors country music. Jeffries hails from a largely urban New York district, and much further south, Collins represents a largely rural pocket in northeast Georgia.
Yet, somehow this duo found common ground to pass a major policy initiative this past year. And now one of the oldest schools in the country will award them with its College Prize
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