Word: bipartisanism
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...Capitol Hill. "I do believe we spend a lot of time doing very little, and that may be an understatement," he said. "If we really want the discipline, I'm willing to help provide it." The next day, Republican Dan Quayle of Indiana, head of a special bipartisan committee studying Senate procedures, met with Dole and recommended changes that would limit a legislator's committee assignments and cut down on the parliamentary loopholes that allow a lone dissenter to bring the chamber to a standstill. Such internal reforms, however, could be more difficult to pass than...
...join, and through the gap in its apex, there ballooned a budget deficit of terrifying dimensions. His first stated order of business is to face that problem with sweeping tax revision. One of Reagan's greatest achievements in his first term was to bring into being a bipartisan commission that finally put Social Security on firm footing. One may expect him next to choose an even more imposing group to work on the budget deficit until both parties can, unhappily but necessarily, compromise...
...caused the furor over the MiG episode, then we have much to fear as a nation, because American political leaders from across the spectrum shared in the concern (as duly noted in the majority opinion). In fact, though, no such irrational fear of the unknown is indicated by this bipartisan condemnation of any outside attempt to arm Nicaragua beyond its legitimate needs. If MiGs are delivered to Nicaragua, then it will merely highlight and confirm the long-standing desire of the Sandinistas to possess far more military power than they could possibly need for their own regional security...
...diminishing the potential impact of a Republican electorate. California's Democratically-controlled state legislature is notorious for its practice of altering the geography of particular districts when it thinks Republicans are growing too strong. A ballot proposal now seeks to put the gerrymandering process into the hands of a bipartisan, independent commission...
...Washington by the men and women left behind by their nomadic brethren out stumping. At the White House the memos are piling up suggesting a bill that would overhaul the Government's farm program, now a dreadful mishmash of legislation passed over decades. Kissinger is lobbying for a bipartisan commission to sit down and try to work out a better relationship with the Soviets...