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Meet the Republican building a McCain model on foreign policy
hile Todd Young was working hard to deny Chuck Schumer the Senate majority, he was privately plotting a massive foreign-policy undertaking with the New York Democrat — one that they hatched in the Senate gym.
Already, a “very enthused” Schumer is vowing to take up and pass the bill he and the Indiana Republican envisioned during their workout sessions, an unprecedented bipartisan measure to counter the technological influence of a rising China that’s dubbed the Endless Frontier Act.
A 48-year-old former Marine officer with the accompanying no-nonsense demeanor, Young has bucked his party’s long-held visions on foreign policy even when it’s politically thorny. But his Trump-era readiness to shake off GOP orthodoxy might look easy compared with the blowback he could face for extending a hand to an opposing party in complete control of Washington, as he prepares to face voters again in 2022.
Young is “laser-focused on policy and he's willing to take risks,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), one of his closest friends in the Senate and a frequent partner on foreign policy issues. “He doesn’t spend a ton of time worrying about the political ramifications of wading in.”
His approach is reminiscent of that of the late Sen. John McCain, a fellow U.S. Naval Academy graduate who became known as the Senate’s “maverick” for his deep aversion to political expediency and his eagerness to work across the aisle to reach a consensus or strike a deal.
Young, who served three terms in the House before winning his Senate seat, dismisses the idea that voters back home would frown upon his efforts. Projecting a united front on the global stage is “both in the national interest and it comports with the desires and expectations of all of our constituents,” he said in a lengthy interview this week, adding that voters “want foreign policy to be a nonpartisan exercise.”
He also didn’t shrink from praise for Schumer while describing their China partnership, noting that the Brooklynite is “known for being politically shrewd and perceptive.”
“I think the signaling of having the Democratic leader and the chairman of the Republican Senate campaign effort nationally working together is fairly powerful, and he no doubt recognized that,” Young said.
The first-term GOP senator has used his leverage sparingly, and often with success.
During his first year in office, Young blocked a Trump State Department nominee as he pushed the administration to end Saudi Arabia’s blockade of humanitarian aid in Yemen, where the U.S. was assisting the Saudi-led coalition against Iranian proxies. His effort was successful; Riyadh lifted the blockade days later.
He has also partnered with Democrats to rein in presidential war powers — most recently re-introducing his bill with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to scrap outdated laws that authorized U.S. military operations in Iraq.
Meet the Republican building a McCain model on foreign policy
hile Todd Young was working hard to deny Chuck Schumer the Senate majority, he was privately plotting a massive foreign-policy undertaking with the New York Democrat — one that they hatched in the Senate gym.
Already, a “very enthused” Schumer is vowing to take up and pass the bill he and the Indiana Republican envisioned during their workout sessions, an unprecedented bipartisan measure to counter the technological influence of a rising China that’s dubbed the Endless Frontier Act.
A 48-year-old former Marine officer with the accompanying no-nonsense demeanor, Young has bucked his party’s long-held visions on foreign policy even when it’s politically thorny. But his Trump-era readiness to shake off GOP orthodoxy might look easy compared with the blowback he could face for extending a hand to an opposing party in complete control of Washington, as he prepares to face voters again in 2022.
Young is “laser-focused on policy and he's willing to take risks,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), one of his closest friends in the Senate and a frequent partner on foreign policy issues. “He doesn’t spend a ton of time worrying about the political ramifications of wading in.”
His approach is reminiscent of that of the late Sen. John McCain, a fellow U.S. Naval Academy graduate who became known as the Senate’s “maverick” for his deep aversion to political expediency and his eagerness to work across the aisle to reach a consensus or strike a deal.
Young, who served three terms in the House before winning his Senate seat, dismisses the idea that voters back home would frown upon his efforts. Projecting a united front on the global stage is “both in the national interest and it comports with the desires and expectations of all of our constituents,” he said in a lengthy interview this week, adding that voters “want foreign policy to be a nonpartisan exercise.”
He also didn’t shrink from praise for Schumer while describing their China partnership, noting that the Brooklynite is “known for being politically shrewd and perceptive.”
“I think the signaling of having the Democratic leader and the chairman of the Republican Senate campaign effort nationally working together is fairly powerful, and he no doubt recognized that,” Young said.
The first-term GOP senator has used his leverage sparingly, and often with success.
During his first year in office, Young blocked a Trump State Department nominee as he pushed the administration to end Saudi Arabia’s blockade of humanitarian aid in Yemen, where the U.S. was assisting the Saudi-led coalition against Iranian proxies. His effort was successful; Riyadh lifted the blockade days later.
He has also partnered with Democrats to rein in presidential war powers — most recently re-introducing his bill with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to scrap outdated laws that authorized U.S. military operations in Iraq.
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