Sen. Lankford calls on Senate to get back to ‘grunt work’ of legislating

Sen. Lankford: Senators Have Forgotten About ‘Grunt Work’

Sen. James Lankford said his fellow senators seem to have forgotten about how “grunt work” is how things happen in Washington politics. The Oklahoma Republican appeared on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” and said many senators are more apt to post something on a social media account than do the real work of being a legislator. “That’s just grunt work. That’s just going to one member at a time and actually working out, saying this needs to be law…

Sen. Lankford: Senators Have Forgotten About 'Grunt Work'

Sen. James Lankford said his fellow senators seem to have forgotten about how grunt work is how things happen in Washington politics...

Sen. Lankford calls on Senate to get back to ‘grunt work’ of legislating

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) called on the Senate to refocus on getting bills signed into law to help the American people, rather than simply posting about them on social media. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Lankford said the Senate should “100 percent” be a more deliberative body, where ideas can be raised,…