Democratic Rep. Derek Kilmer of Washington had a decade of state elective office under his belt when he arrived in Congress in 2013, so he knew real change can take time.
He just didn¡¯t foresee something as seemingly sensible as campaign finance reform and a muscling up of the moribund Federal Elections Commission taking a decade ¡ª with no end in sight.
Each year Kilmer teamed up with willing Republican partners he¡¯d gotten to know at bipartisan breakfasts designed to create common ground, trying for modest reforms that could make a difference.
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