Word: bipartisanism
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...applaud the vow of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to lead a filibuster to block the energy bill. Moreover, we encourage Congress to pass the bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Nancy L. Johnson (R-Conn.) in the House (as well as Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) in the Senate) to grant the refuge "wilderness" status, effectively putting it off limits to drilling. Beyond the provisions affecting the refuge, much of the Republican bill is worth saving and should be incorporated in any bipartisan compromise, especially the tax incentives for consumers...
...Even before Bush announced his intentions, Democrats and moderate Republicans were ready with alternative plans. The proposal sponsored by Democratic senators Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh, which has reportedly attracted bipartisan support, is more expensive than the President's and demands greater faith in public school administrators and teachers. And, perhaps most notably, the plan contains no mention of vouchers (or whatever word is used to describe them). According to Senator Lieberman, who appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" to discuss education reform, the plan calls for government to "pour more money into poorer schools, give the teachers...
...Bush's vaunted bipartisan charm comes from his ability to address both parties of Congress and criticize them collegially, as if the squabbling, vendetta-stained parties he's really talking about were just voted out of office yesterday. He's selling a fresh start, and to prove it, when he got down to budget business he spent the first handful of applause lines on the other guys. He wouldn't be killing any budgetary darlings, and in the nutshell preamble to the next 40-odd minutes, Bush put his cherished tax cut in the same spot the Democrats would have...
...Bush's agenda, Daschle maintains, will cost upwards of $2 trillion dollars. And once the $1.6 trillion tax cut is taken out of that, Democrats say, there will be nothing left for anything else, let alone the education programs and military pay increases that are assured bipartisan support...
Despite the clear need for reform and the bipartisan support the bill enjoys, President George W. Bush has attempted to stall the bill. Bush objects to the amount of punitive damages allowed by the bill--undermining his previous campaign promise to support a bipartisan solution to the problem of patients' rights. Bush has already persuaded Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) to withdraw his name from sponsorship of the bill in the House. Should Bush continue his efforts to stave off a plan that may well have the support of 60 senators, he will undermine his claim to govern...