Word: bipartisanism
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...election had one bipartisan benefit: it covered up the fact that there was not much else to watch on TV last year. Though the writers' strike was resolved in February, it pushed back production of new shows. Ratings dropped; NBC handed a third of its prime time to Jay Leno; it seemed as if TV itself were petering...
...last Thursday, he said, “we need to act boldly and act now to reverse these cycles.” Regrettably, his proposed action, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, falls well short of bold. A $775 billion dollar bill might be the best way to win bipartisan support, but threatens to leave our economy in recession for years, sell the American people short, and tarnish Obama’s presidency...
...Lugar, 76, is a paragon of bipartisan collegiality, renowned for vigorously pursuing the Senate's mandate to oversee the workings of the Executive Branch, even when his own party has been in power. (He was one of the more openly skeptical Republican voices on Capitol Hill regarding the Bush Administration's plans for post-war Iraq, and was an early and influential voice in planning a troop drawdown.) Lugar raised his concerns while assuring Clinton of his enthusiastic support for her confirmation - though he publicly warned his old friend from the Senate of a potential pitfall on her path...
...that's big enough to cause political peril; no one knows for sure if the stimulus package can be passed in the size or with the speed that economists say the nation needs. Democrats say they want the stimulus to be bipartisan, in part to grant political cover if the bill fails to jump-start the economy. In the House, this is largely an optional position, but in the Senate, where Democrats do not hold a filibuster-proof majority, bipartisanship is required...
...things done on Capitol Hill, one must work in a bipartisan manner." - Associated Press...