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Editorial: A victory both for Ukraine and functional American governance

Activists wave Ukrainian flags outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The U.S. Senate is due to vote on the final foreign aid package of $95 billion in total military assistance to U.S. allies, including money for Israel and Taiwan alongside the $61 billion earmarked for Ukraine. It is expected to land on President Joe Biden's desk for...

Potomac Fever is a familiar term for people elected to Congress who fall in love with the trappings, power and prestige of life in Washington, D.C. But we see precious little of that affliction these days as working on Capitol Hill has become so unpleasant.

Instead, the fever that’s taken hold in the nation’s capital over the past decade or so has been an unthinkingly partisan pyrexia.

It was gratifying and encouraging, then, over the weekend to see the House of Representatives,

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