Word: bipartisanism
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...show that had flopped in its last tryout, The Pay-Raise Follies enjoyed a remarkably rapid revival. There was House Speaker Tom Foley last week, a bipartisan cast gathered around him, calling earnestly for more money. Here again came consumer advocate Ralph Nader, stirring up rabid radio talk-show hosts to bash Capitol Hill for insatiable greed. George Bush, once more standing in the wings, sent his best wishes...
...believe the crackdown was excessive and unjustified . . . and damaged the respect and confidence which most Americans previously had for the leaders of China." Nonetheless, Nixon feels strongly that the U.S. must rebuild its relations with China. Last week TIME obtained a copy of a report Nixon sent to a bipartisan group of congressional leaders. Some excerpts...
...launched with a speech by Harry Truman outlining a presidential vision of containment. Similarly, Bush could launch a postcontainment era by propounding a bold swords-into-plowshares scheme for a fundamental change in East-West relations. Such a clarion call for a radical new Bush Doctrine could command the bipartisan support that accompanied the Truman Doctrine. It could also, at the very least, regain for the U.S. the initiative on the world stage. And, who knows? Gorbachev might go along. More surprising things have happened this year...
Bush's announcement drew bipartisan applause on Capitol Hill, although Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) said he was not about to rescind his criticism that the president's policies toward the blossoming of democracy in Eastern Europe have been too "timid...
...This isn't being approached on that basis. Everybody appreciates that it is a national disaster and that we've got to address it. We're trying to do it as best we can on the merits on a bipartisan basis," Darman said...