{"id":7165,"date":"2023-07-29T10:32:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T10:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/leadership\/working-with-democrats-on-bills-hasnt-been-by-chance-rutherford\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T10:32:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T10:32:22","slug":"working-with-democrats-on-bills-hasnt-been-by-chance-rutherford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=7165","title":{"rendered":"Working With Democrats On Bills Hasn\u2019t \u2018Been By Chance\u2019: Rutherford"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL) calls his work in law enforcement, which spanned decades, his \u201clife\u2019s calling.\u201d The Florida Republican has introduced a slew of bipartisan legislation regarding law enforcement, such as the HELPER Act, the Protect and Serve Act, and the Invest to Protect Act. Rutherford claims working with Democrats on these bills hasn\u2019t \u201cbeen by chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he first got to Congress, he tells <em>Forbes <\/em>he was struck by how Washington D.C. seems like it is \u201cdesigned\u201d to keep Democrats and Republicans apart, and was determined to work across the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not introduced a single bill that I wasn&#8217;t able to get a Democrat to be a primary cosponsor,\u201d says Rutherford, aside from his Red Snapper Act that he introduced earlier this month. He credits that bipartisanship as \u201cthe reason for some of our success in getting bills passed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the full conversation, click on the video above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brittanylewis\/2023\/07\/28\/working-with-democrats-on-bipartisan-law-enforcement-bills-hasnt-been-by-chance-john-rutherford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL) calls his work in law enforcement, which spanned decades, his \u201clife\u2019s calling.\u201d The Florida Republican has introduced a slew of bipartisan legislation regarding law enforcement, such as the HELPER Act, the Protect and Serve Act, and the Invest to Protect Act. Rutherford claims working with Democrats on these bills hasn\u2019t \u201cbeen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leadership"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Working With Democrats On Bills Hasn\u2019t \u2018Been By Chance\u2019: Rutherford | Brandiary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL) calls his work in law enforcement, which spanned decades, his \u201clife\u2019s calling.\u201d The Florida Republican has introduced a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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