With Barr a no-show, White House and Congress move further apart
In terms of congressional oversight, over the years Congress and the White House have
worked out norms and conventions to guide the resolution of disputes, but in the modern
era, the pull of partisanship has often superseded that sense of interbranch competition. James
Curry says, “The different branches pull these elected officials apart and partisanship
can pull them back together. These two forces are constantly in collision with each
other.”