Word: bipartisanism
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...quiet passion on the furor surrounding the notion of human cloning. Dr. Ian Wilmut, who produced the cloned sheep Dolly, had told the panel that human cloning should not be all owed, since so many deformed and unviable clones would be produced in order to succeed. Comparing the eager bipartisan opposition to human cloning research to the 17th Century persecution of Galileo for his observation that the Earth revolves around the Sun, Harkin said it was wrong of President Clinton to ban all such research, and wrong of Senator Chris Bond to propose legislation making the ban permanent. Freedom...
...questions: Will the two of us work together for legislation that will benefit the majority of Americans and make us both look good? Or will one of us pull back and play to a smaller audience of partisan carnivores who don't share middle America's bland taste for bipartisan accomplishment...
What is so troubling about the Social Security debate is that calls for pragmatism have papered over a number of purely political questions. The rich discursive history of American politics that centered on partisanship has degenerated into bipartisan commissions seeking to find practical solutions that will insulate their colleagues from political fallout. Instead of talking about what we should be providing, or how we should be redistributing wealth, or what our obligations are to each other, we are talking about what is efficient and what is practical. Experts answer the questions of efficiency and practicality, and their is little...
...case that, with a strong economy and the nation at peace, our biggest enemy is inaction. "So tonight, I issue a call to action -- action by this Congress, by our states, by all our people, to prepare America for the 21st century," the President said. In the strongly bipartisan speech, Clinton asked for cooperation in enacting what he said were the three priorities for his second term: Balancing the budget, reforming campaign finance and completing welfare reform...
...failure to get proper legal advice before using tax-exempt funds for political purposes, and for providing inaccurate information in response to a direct request from the committee. The two-year investigation was marked by fierce partisanship in the House as a whole, as well as a quiet bipartisan effort in the subcommittee as it evaluated thousands of pages of testimony and evidence. The question of Gingrich's guilt was settled last December 21, when he admitted to a statement of alleged violations. The House process since then has been aimed at producing an appropriate penalty. The verdict of reprimand...