Rep. Dingell Cites ‘Refusal to Compromise’ as One of the Biggest Changes He’s Seen in Congress...
Source: ABC
Speaking this morning on “This Week,” Democratic Rep. John Dingell of Michigan — who is poised to become the longest serving member of Congress this week — bemoaned Washington partisanship, saying a “refusal to compromise” is one of the biggest changes he has seen over his more than 57-year career in Congress when asked about the issue by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.
“Lack of collegiality. Refusal to compromise. An absolute reluctance to work together. And I think a total loss of the understanding of the traditions,” Dingell said.
“Today members are so busy getting re-elected, spend so little time there, there’s so much pressure on them from outside to be partisan and to fight, not to do the things that we’re supposed to, such as compromising and working together,” Dingell said. “And compromise has gotten, George, to be a dirty word. And this is a great shame. The founding fathers intended something quite different.”
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/06/rep-dingell-cites-refusal-to-compromise-as-one-of-the-biggest-changes-hes-seen-in-congress-in-57-years/
transcript: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-david-plouffe-karl-rove/story?id=19289082&singlePage=true
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