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I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way.

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.

I was entirely comfortable reaching across the Senate aisle to work with Democrats.

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.