“You’ve got two Irish guys who don’t drink,” Rep. It was an effort one White House official candidly acknowledged “was far more dangerous than people will recognize given the outcome.”įor each side, the process involved painful tradeoffs that earned them barbs from the right and left: Questions about why the process didn’t begin sooner, why alternative methods for raising the debt ceiling weren’t explored more fully and why the debt ceiling exists in the first place have all been raised in the aftermath.īut for now, with disaster likely averted, each side describes a process that proved illuminating in an era of diminishingly few bipartisan achievements. The weeks were defined by days of negotiations, several breakdowns, one slow-moving bike ride and, in the end, an effort that found two sides that started largely unfamiliar with one another unwilling to accept failure – and the sweeping repercussions that would bring. The legislation passed the Senate late Thursday.īut in between those two phone calls was a process that people involved acknowledged was far from certain to create the outcome it did. His latest came Wednesday night, after a bipartisan coalition in the House voted 314 to 117 to comfortably pass that agreement, moving the White House a critical step closer to dodging the kind of economic calamity that could derail two years of legislative progress – and a reelection campaign.
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His first call invited McCarthy to the first in a series of meetings to negotiate an agreement on the debt ceiling and the budget. in Brandon.President Joe Biden ended the month of May the same way he began it: with a phone call to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Rogosin is survived by his wife, Marj, as well as three children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Ī come-and-go gathering will be held on Tuesday, June 6, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the George Brockie Fellowship Centre in the lower level of the Brockie Donovan Funeral Home at 332 8 th St. “Al was also an active environmentalist, seeking always to preserve our shared natural heritage for future generations.” “Al made a tremendous contribution to the community, always ready to lead field trips to present plants in their natural environment, and most kindly taking care to identify plant material delivered by others to campus,” Dr. Terry McGonigleĪ believer in fostering connections between the university and the community, Rogosin was a member of the Brandon Naturalists Society and the Mixedwood Forest Society in Manitoba, encouraging conservation and education about natural areas. “Al Rogosin is remembered fondly by many at Brandon University and across the region.” Dr. He was instrumental in the building of a herbarium reference plant collection at BU and continued to spend significant time working in the facility well after his retirement.
While at Brandon University, Rogosin extensively researched the growth and ecology of wild rice in Manitoba. He graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science and later earned a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota. Stationed in Hawaii, he installed radio equipment in aircraft. “Al will be keenly missed at talks given on campus about plants and the environment, where he invariably asked interesting and informed questions, and where he offered encouragement to students and fellow researchers.”īorn in New York City and raised in New Jersey, Rogosin served in the United States Navy during World War II. “Al Rogosin is remembered fondly by many at Brandon University and across the region,” said BU Biology professor Dr.
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