Beloved or not, Lindsey Graham was a critical dealmaker in Congress

Senator played major role in critical negotiations with Democrats and members of his own party on key issues When Democrats and Republicans were earlier this year locked in a standoff that had plunged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into the longest partial government shutdown in US history, news of a path forward emerged in the form of a statement from Republican senator Lindsey Graham. By announcing that the budget committee he chairs would set to work on a measure to fund the…