Comr. McDowell expects to be able to work with the new Democratic...
Comr. McDowell expects to be able to work with the new Democratic leadership of Congress, he said, admitting the majority control change “affects everything.” McDowell spoke Wed. to an FCBA luncheon, breaking little new ground. FCBA attendees had only…
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one question for McDowell in Q&A: His view of the Democratic takeover of Congress. “I had originally written a little piece about that in my speech and cleared a joke that my staff made me take out,” he said: “Certainly, a changeover in both houses of Congress affects everything in Washington and we'll take it one step at a time. I've always gone out of my way to work on a bipartisan -- really, nonpartisan -- basis, and I look forward to working with the new leadership in Congress regardless.” Afterward, he had no comment for reporters on the status of his recusal on the AT&T-BellSouth merger.