Redistricting and a broken, polarized Congress have made it tough to be a moderate in Congress.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Congress is dysfunctional.
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.
If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.
You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.
Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.
I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.
In a genuinely conservative district like mine, it's hard to out-Republican me.
Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.
I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.
Congressional dysfunction is the logical result of closed primaries, too many gerrymandered one-party seats, and low-turnout elections.
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