This Biden Ally Passed a Bill to Make Presidential Transitions Easy. Then Trump Came Along.

For most politicians, having a federal law named in your honor is an enormous achievement—particularly when the legislation furthers your lifelong goal of ensuring a smooth transfer of power between presidential administrations. But for Ted Kaufman, the Ted Kaufman and Michael Levitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015 has become an irksome burden. That’s because Kaufman is now co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden’s transition…