Monday, November 26, 2012

New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder

When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term.
Overriding those changes, though, is a thinning of pragmatic, centrist veterans in both parties. Among those leaving are some of the Senate's most pragmatic lawmakers, nearly half the House's centrist Blue Dog Democrats and several moderate House Republicans.

Read more: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2012/11/25/new_congress_fewer_moderates_make_deals_harder

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