Some observers claim that partisanship in Congress has reached a level that is crippling the institution as an effective policymaking body. Party disputes on everything from healthcare to tax policy have produced legislative deadlock and delay. Do you share the view that excessive partisanship is warping the congressional process, or do you think members of Congress should stick to their partisan principles, whatever the consequences? .

1. Some observers claim that partisanship in Congress has reached
a level that is crippling the institution as an effective
policymaking body. Party disputes on everything from
healthcare to tax policy have produced legislative deadlock and
delay. Do you share the view that excessive partisanship is
warping the congressional process, or do you think members of
Congress should stick to their partisan principles, whatever the
consequences?