Washington is so bitterly divided these days that the US government is paralysed. So goes the standard complaint. Think of the looming fiscal disaster. Think of energy policy or financial regulation. But the immigration debate, if you can call it that, is a notable exception.
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I have been the FT's Washington columnist since April 2007. I moved from Britain to the US in 2005 to write for the Atlantic Monthly and the National Journal after 20 years working at the Economist, most recently as deputy editor. I write mainly about the intersection of politics and economics.
