Word: bipartisanism
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...caucus rejected Foley's proposal, and the Speaker abandoned it. Some caucus members wanted to protect Russ, a back-slapping extrovert who had built a network of bipartisan support by doling out favors to members during his 25- year career on Capitol Hill...
...controversial nature of the bill, which has bipartisan support, is reflective of the split among feminists across the country, said bill co-sponsor Rep. Barbara Gardner (D-Holliston...
...done that throughout his career. When he was in U.S. Senate, Tsongas stood up to bipartisan opposition and voted to bail out the Chrysler Corporation--an effort that saved 250,000 jobs...
...keep the House of Representatives away from scandal. Only last October came embarrassing revelations that some lawmakers had written rubber checks totaling more than $100,000 at the House bank and had tallied $300,000 in free meals at House restaurants. Last month the House named a six-member bipartisan task force to look into a new imbroglio at the House post office...
...Economic Arms. "That means an industrial policy." Tsongas traces his affinity for government involvement in the private sector to the 1979 Chrysler bailout. He applauds his own leadership on the issue, but the driving force was really Senator Richard Lugar, an Indiana Republican. "Tsongas was important to show bipartisan support," says Roger Altman, the former Assistant Treasury Secretary in charge of the Carter Administration's effort to save Chrysler. "But it was Lugar who really made the deal fly by insisting on some fairly impressive union givebacks and other concessions...