Congress tries to break fever of incivility amid string of vulgar, toxic exchanges

They live a mile apart in Columbus, Ohio. And they shop in the same produce aisle at the same grocery store. U.S. Reps. Mike Carey, a Republican, and Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, often bump into each other at the airport and see each other around the neighborhood. Over glasses of orange juice and ice water in May, they even talked about the importance of being seen together at work, talking and planning.  

The two Ohio natives are trying to patch up a different community 400 miles away.

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