
Senators: Girl power would get 'fiscal cliff' deal
Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2012-12-12 23:09
Article here. Excerpt:
'Would there be a deal that avoids going over the "fiscal cliff" if women were in charge of Congress and the White House?
Female senators resoundingly said "yes" in an interview with ABC News.
"I think if we were in charge of the Senate and the administration that we would have a budget deal by now," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, as 18 of her female colleagues nodded their heads in agreement. "What I find is with all due deference to our male colleagues that women's styles tend to be more collaborative."
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"I think by nature we are less confrontational and more collaborative," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. "Not only do we want to work in a bipartisan way, we do it."'
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