“It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep,” the Elizabeth Dole Foundation said in a statement Sunday
Dole established himself as a strong moderate voice and champion of pragmatism over the course of his career in the Senate. One of his most successful bipartisan achievements came in 1977, when he teamed up with Democrat George McGovern to expand access to food stamps. He continued working with McGovern to address food security issues long after they were both out of office.
Dole’s moderation became a point of contention as he geared up to take another shot at the Republican nomination in 1996. As his competition — most notably House Speaker Newt Gingrich and nativist Pat Buchanan — did its best to move the party further to the right, Dole resisted.
“In politics honorable compromise is no sin,” Dole added. “It is what protects us from absolutism and intolerance.”
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