
Senate gridlock could worsen with Romney, Sinema, Manchin retirements: experts
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The Senate is losing three of the more moderate lawmakers in the body, and some experts predict it could lead to more gridlock in the already narrowly divided upper chamber.
"The Senate is trending to be much more of a hostile atmosphere as more moderate or independent-minded senators are retiring," said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, former top spokesperson to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and former chief of staff of the Senate Republican Conference. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"More deadlock and stalemate" is a likely outcome if the aforementioned lawmakers are succeeded by "more polarized and polarizing figures," said Grant Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University.