“I did start a dinner about 14 years ago for members of Congress only... I ask members to sit with people from the opposite party and get to know them.”

Freakonomics Radio · 691. Is This What a “Good Billionaire” Looks Like?

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hosts a private, invitation-only dinner for members of Congress with a historian speaker to encourage bipartisan conversation

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