I see myself as a very frank, open person who lets everybody know where they are and works for compromise.
The Senate president, Robert E. Travaglini, a Democrat and leader in calling for more health coverage, had sharp disagreements with Mr. DiMasi but worked for compromise.
Describing herself as "extremely disappointed" by the vote, Atkins said in a statement that she will work for a compromise that could boost UC's state funding by $50 million plus extra money for financial aid.
He softened his approach a day later, pledging to work for a compromise that could include significant tax reforms and possibly some revenues during an afternoon press conference on Capitol Hill.
Unlike many of their elders who had worked unsuccessfully for compromise during the winter and spring of 1861, Garfield and most of his young acquaintances had welcomed the approaching storm.
Ronald A. Ahrens, Closure Medical's chairman, also brushes away any idea that Spencer Stuart's work for Closure Medical compromises Mr. Carey's objectivity.
He backs campaign finance legislation his leaders oppose, supports family planning abroad, fought his party's bill on the procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion and has worked for intraparty compromise on issues like health care and the environment.
As the only senator committed to remaking health care and opposing abortion, he is the lone senator actively working for a compromise that might defuse the issue, a position that has made him a special target of attacks.
None of us agrees with every part of this proposal, but we think as a whole it works as a model for compromise.
And the vice president was ready with a list of administration ideas for compromise — worked up while the White House was forced to the sidelines of the partisan Congressional debates.
