HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) \u2014 Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman and his Republican colleague, Senator Dave McCormick, emphasized their friendship in a feature article published Thursday.<\/p>\n
The lawmakers said in interviews with NOTUS<\/a>, a political news outlet, that they appreciate each other\u2019s primary interest in representing their politically diverse state.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re very, very good friends, and we get along, and we always try to find ways to work together,\u201d Fetterman said. \u201cPennsylvania deserves that. And you know, we both realize that we don\u2019t just represent our respective base. We represent all 13 million Pennsylvanians, and that\u2019s why we find ways to work together.\u201d<\/p>\n Fetterman and McCormick have contrasting policy beliefs, although they rarely attack <\/a>each other\u2019s opinions, as many other members of Congress do. The senators arrived at the Capitol through different paths \u2013 Fetterman was a mayor and lieutenant governor while McCormick was a hedge fund executive \u2013 but they highlight their respect for each other\u2019s work.<\/p>\n \u201cWe look so much different, we have such different backgrounds, we\u2019re from such different parties, we just have so many differences,\u201d McCormick told NOTUS. \u201cBut we\u2019re together on the most important thing, which is we trust each other, and we want to do good things for Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n Bipartisanship, while more common in the Senate than in the House, has become unconventional in Congress. Lawmakers frequently attack each other\u2019s policy opinions and personal characteristics to advance their interests.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz shared a social media post by House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, that accused Democrats of causing a woman\u2019s death by not caring about crime. Democrats have also called Republicans callous for cutting social services in the name of reducing taxes.<\/p>\n Fetterman told NOTUS that he and McCormick have a policy of not \u201cmudslinging\u201d like some of their other colleagues do, a statement the Republican agrees with.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he has very little appetite for, you know, the political nastiness and game playing,\u201d McCormick said. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t have a lot of appetite for that either. I try to be very respectful, even when I disagree with people, so I give him a lot of credit. He\u2019s been a real role model.\u201d<\/p>\n