White House offers tips to incoming lawmakers on how to get along

A White House aide would say only that Fallon discussed “building collaborative relationships between the White House and members of Congress” and provided “practical advice about navigating the White House and administration.” (So just repeating the program title. Ever so helpful.)

But we talked to panel moderator Dan Meyer, who had Fallon’s job in the George W. Bush administration, about what she advised.

“Katie did a nice job outlining the points of entry,” Meyer said. “Keep in context that when there is the dysfunction, it’s at the leadership level and there’s not a lot of opportunity for newly elected members to engage with the White House on major policy issues.”