Word: bipartisanism
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...That, in essence, is the concept behind the Medicare plan Texas Governor George W. Bush unveiled last week. But it is also the basic approach behind a bipartisan plan that has been languishing on Capitol Hill for more than a year. And it was the notion Newt Gingrich put forward in 1995 when he was House Speaker, setting up the political standoff that produced that year's infamous government shutdowns...
...times in Florida if I wasn't." But state G.O.P. leaders privately concede that McCollum was not the center-right candidate Jeb Bush had hoped for. Still, though his record is inked with fights against the Brady gun-control bills, McCollum has a lesser-known reputation as a bipartisan legislator, working with Florida's Democratic Senator Bob Graham to fund major new antidrug aid for Colombia this year; and his stand with the Bushes on "more school-accountable" education reform, which has been well received in Florida, gives McCollum an issue with which to parry Nelson's insurance crusade...
...switches to military - Kevin Sack doing Gore's VFW run, and Steven Lee Myers on bipartisan Bill Cohen's tricky situation as defender of Clinton (and himself) against a fellow Republican...
...USAT's Martin Kasindorf checks in on "the quadrennial debate over debates," with Gore prodding his Republican opponent to consent to three face-offs sponsored by a bipartisan commission. Bush camp, confusingly, claims to have agreed to five. Let us know when it's all worked...
...Call every Representative on the fence; hint at a private pork roast B. Call a bipartisan commission to study the issues further C. Play golf; try to look good; lash out at do-nothing Congress...