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bipartisan

consisting of or supported by two political parties

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"During these increasingly polarized times, bipartisanship must be NCSL's bedrock," he says.

Tim Storey Named New NCSL Executive Director

He did get important things done, notably the Recovery Act in the depths of the Great Recession, the Affordable Care Act, and financial reform--but none of them thanks to bipartisanship. Republicans refused to be partners in governing even in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the Depression.

The 2020 Election and the Democrats' Theory of Change

While bipartisanship will be a tough sell over the next two years, given the last two years and the 2020 presidential campaign already getting off the ground, Trump did highlight two areas where logic suggest it's at least possible: Infrastructure and drug prices.

Five take-aways from Trump's State of the Union address

However, Trump's call for bipartisanship fell with his attack on Democrats that have withheld money for his Mexico wall.

2019 State Of The Union Address: What You Should Know

"We will strive for bipartisanship," Representative Pelosi told reporters on Wednesday.

Will both parties find common ground?

Okechukwu explained that his appeal for a rethink was in the direction of bipartisanship, so as to save Buhari's RRAP projects, some of which require endorsement and guaranteed by the National Assembly.

2019: VON DG urges pro, anti-Saraki's senators to tread with caution over Buhari

Bipartisanship: There needs to be an increased focus on bipartisanship, O'Rourke said.

Video: Watch: A conversation with Beto O'Rourke, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

At mid-century, the common critique was not of too little bipartisanship, but of too much.

Rage Against the Machines: How party activists deliberately made Congress more partisan

Congress were in chaos over healthcare legislation after a second attempt to pass a bill in the Senate collapsed late on Monday, with President Donald Trump calling for an outright repeal of Obamacare and others seeking a change in direction toward bipartisanship.

U.S. Republicans divided after second healthcare bill collapses

Words that have been weaponized by the Left include bipartisanship, reproductive rights, choice, identity, progress, fairness, trans, climate, homeless, health, free, homophobe, Islamophobe, white privilege, hate speech, gender, offensive, collaboration, oppressed, repressed, indigenous, compromise, multicultural, comprehensive immigration reform, undocumented, community, green, global, consensus, change agent, equity, inequity, and moderate, as well as the always reliable dead mules of doublespeak: diversity and tolerance.

Making war with words

It would be premature to say bipartisanship is back and that the current Republican-controlled Congress has broken the gridlock that has gripped it in recent sessions.

A burst of bipartisanship

We believe there is more of that bipartisanship at work on a day-to-day basis that the average voter might think if he uses only the media as a guide.