Word: bipartisanism
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...spend most of their earnings on goods, than on the rich. Some countries have partially offset this tendency by exempting the essentials -- food, health and housing -- from VATs. Clinton communications director George Stephanopoulos was disinclined to get into that sort of detail on a topic so vulnerable to bipartisan attack. Instead he chose vigorous and decisive obfuscation. "If a decision is made to go forward with something like that, it's certainly something the President will explain and justify," he said. "But no decision has been made along those lines...
According to Moreno, Warren's bipartisan appeal and excellent teaching ability caused students on both the right and the left of the Law School's extremely divided political spectrum to lobby...
...right to carry". Law has already been passed in 34 states in this country. In addition, the cosponsor of the bill in the Texas House of Representatives is an African American Democrat who represents inner city Houston. The political dynamic of such legislation began to intrigue me in its bipartisan, multiracial support-support that transcended petty racial, political, and economic prejudices...
...failure of the bill in Texas should not reflect poorly on the gun law's viability or merit. Texas politics are unique, but the fact that 34 states currently have "right to carry" laws on the books offers a compelling reason to consider it carefully. The law also enjoys bipartisan support across socioeconomic lines; it should not be dismissed lightly as a ridiculous ploy of the National Rifle Association...
...Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, which is scheduled to lose its Charleston Naval Station. But Congress has cleverly set up a system that allows the Pentagon to push through its closures while insulating legislators from much of the responsibility or political fallout. In 1990 it established an eight-member bipartisan commission to review Pentagon proposals. If the President approves the commission's recommendations, Congress must consider the package as a whole and can reject it only by a majority vote in both houses...