Delaware Democratic Party

Delaware's Congressman John Carney is another elected Democrat from our state focusing on bipartisan relationships in order to get things done. He was featured in a New York Times article yesterday as one of the two original members of a bipartisan breakfast club in Washington.  Fed up with partisan gridlock, Congressman Carney and Congressman Renacci, a Republican from Ohio, started meeting with other Congressmen from their parties interested in working together to get things done.

Mr. Carney, a moderate from a centrist state, said that during the first few months of his tenure here he “had been trying to find someone on the other side to talk to.” Mr. Renacci, with whom he serves on the financial services committee, was someone “who when he talked made a lot of sense,” Mr. Carney said.

So as the two walked together one day to a security briefing last April, Mr. Carney made his move. “John said, ‘Let’s have breakfast,’ ” Mr. Renacci said.

Click here to read the full article. Congressman Carney and Congressman Renacci also wrote an Op-Ed that was published in the Washington Post.  "People can blame the opposite party, the media, two-year terms, the redistricting process, campaign finance and many other issues for our stalemate. But the only way to change things right now is to engage the other side and put forward smart solutions that the American people can support. "We can disagree on the issues, but we must agree that progress is more important than politics and partisanship. Although lawmakers have different political philosophies, we members of Congress must always remember that we are all Americans first. It’s time to step up and work together," they said. Click here to read the full text. When all we hear out of Washington is stories of partisanship getting in the way of getting anything done, Congressman Carney is determined to do all he can.  In the current Congress, working with the opposite party is crucial to getting anything passed.  Our Congressman is a leader in making Congress work for us.