Biden, facing resistance in Congress, courts GOP governors

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President Biden called Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on her iPhone hours after she toured the site of a tornado that killed a 14-year-old boy in her state. Biden almost instantly signed disaster declarations sought by Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma. He invited Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to the White House to discuss the coronavirus pandemic.

All are Republicans. None are from states Biden came close to winning.

In his first five weeks in office, Biden is spending as much time — if not more — courting Republican governors as he is wooing the senators he needs to pass legislation. It is part of a strategy that lays the groundwork to make something of an end-run around Republicans in Congress, who may be resistant to his ideas, as he looks for outside-the-Beltway allies who might help him make good on his promises of bipartisanship.

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On Thursday afternoon, the president virtually addressed the National Governors Association — including some governors who had resisted recognizing Biden as the winner of the presidential election — and urged them to work together on the coronavirus and the economy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-gop-governors/2021/02/24/93c57e76-76b7-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html

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1. State and Urban Republicans have to deal with reality.

Republicans in Congress get to be Prima Donnas with no apparent responsibility.