Time to Make a Deal: A Conversation with Lindsey Graham, Dealmaker

The Washington Post

The Washington Post's Ezra Klein interviewed Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

Check out the article here.

David Brooks mentions the Leaders' Project on CBS Face the Nation

David Brooks mentions the Health Care plan proposed by Senators Baker, Daschle, and Dole on CBS Face the Nation.

A Bipartisan Plan on Health Care? Try Two

The Washington Post

By Ruth Marcus

Tom Daschle showed that the front door is open. Bob Dole and Howard Baker showed that they could walk through it. Won't President Obama take another look -- and
join them?

Full Article Here

Senator Lindsey Graham Announces He Will Vote to Confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced on Wednesday that he will vote to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the United States Supreme Court. Graham became the fifth Republican Senator to announce plans to vote for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee.




See the rest of Senator Graham's remarks here.

Senator Graham's Remarks Part Two
Senator Graham's Remarks Part Three

POLITICO: Tom Kean wants to develop generation of leaders who trust each other

By Kathy McGarr

Read the full article here.

POLITICO: The power of the liberals

BPC's Visiting Scholar Matt Dallek writes a monthly column for POLITICO.

Article here.

Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health Care System

Former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, and Bob Dole to Announce Their Historic Bipartisan Agreement on Comprehensive Health Reform

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Advisory Board, led by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, and Bob Dole, will release its final report of the Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care entitled "Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health System" on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:00 noon in Washington, D.C.

Please RSVP to healthcarersvp@bipartisanpolicy.org.

We hope you will be able to join us.

“You’re Going to Live a Long Life”

BPC's visiting scholar Matthew Dalleck in The American Scholar.

Check it out here.

BPC's National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) Releases New Report

"Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy" outlines comprehensive, long-term recommendations for reforming the country’s transportation system. To that end, NTPP has been explicitly bipartisan in its approach and in its membership.

NTPP is chaired by four former elected officials – two Republicans and two Democrats – and includes a coalition of transportation experts and business and civic leaders with a broad diversity of political views and professional experiences.

To download a copy of the report, go to www.bpcntpp.org.

In Sotomayor Pick, Notre Dame Talk, Obama Unity Plan Echoes Ike-LBJ

BPC's Visiting Scholar Matt Dallek in US News & World Report.

Article here.

Art of War

BPC's Visiting Scholar Matt Dallek recounts his favorite military literature for the National Review.

Full article here.

Obama's collision course: unity vs. liberalism

BPC's Visiting Scholar Matt Dallek in the New York Daily News.

Check it out here.

POLITICO: Moderate Dems become decisive factor

BPC Visiting Scholar Matt Dallek writes a monthly column for POLITICO.

Read today's column here.

POLITICO: With bipartisanship, health care reform is possible

Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, calls on Republicans and Democrats to work together to reform health care reform.

Read the full article here.

BPC Founders and Former Senators Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, and Bob Dole are currently working on their bipartisan reccomendations for comprehensive health care reform. Learn more about the BPC's Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care here.

POLITICO: Cantor, Obama let sparks fly

By Patrick O'Connor

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Republicans Ask Obama for Bipartisanship

Roll Call

By Jackie Kucinich

Read the article here

Waning GOP needs its moderates

BPC's Matt Dallek writes a monthly column for POLITICO.

Check it out here

Barack Obama Like Ike Eisenhower on Iraq Endgame

BPC's Visiting Scholar Matt Dallek in US News & World Report

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Ranking Senate Partisans

The Hill

By J. Taylor Rushing

Article Here

Also check out the responses from Democrats and Republicans

Crazy little thing called bipartisanship

Contra Costa Times

By Josh Richman

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Obama Advisers Challenge GOP to Offer Alternatives

The New York Times

By Brian Knowlton

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Who's The Divider?

The Atlantic

By Ron Brownstein

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Bipartisan Reagan-O'Neill Social Security Deal in 1983 Showed It Can Be Done

U.S. News and World Report

By Matthew Dallek

History proves that bipartisanship is possible.

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Fighting cancer a win for both parties

Politico

The author, Matthew Dallek, is a Visiting Scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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Watch the Independents

National Journal

By Charlie Cook

Read the article here

Obama's bipartisan moment on foreign policy

Los Angeles Times

By Doyle McManus

Now is the time for bipartisan consensus on foreign policy.

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Building Bridges on the Hill

Washington Post

By Sens. Evan Bayh, Tom Carper and Blanche Lincoln

The three Senators recently formed a working group in the Senate.

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NJ Panelists: Health Care Will Happen Before 2010

Hotline

By Jennifer Skalka

Steve Bell, a visiting scholar at the BPC, participated in the panel with Sens. Casey and Martinez and Al From.

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Volcker Urges House Members to Take Time Writing Regulations

Bloomberg

By Alison Fitzgerald

Paul Volcker spoke to members of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Hearing on Monday night. The BPC hosted the bipartisan financial regulatory roundtable.

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Divided we Stand: The Problem with Bipartisanship

The Boston Globe

By Sam Haselby

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BPC's Matt Canedy on Health Care Reform

By Matt Canedy for Shout America

The BPC's Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care will release its recommendations for health care reform this spring.

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A Bipartisan Road to Health Care Reform?

Huffington Post

By Eileen McMenamin

Health care reform will need bipartisan support.

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Health care hinges on Senate insiders

Politico

By Carrie Budoff Brown

A bipartisan group of nine senators will be central to the health care overhaul.

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Rising above partisanship

Philidelphia Inquirer

By Arlen Specter

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter on bipartisanship.

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Friction Points

CongressDaily

By Charlie Cook

Three themes are emerging in the Obama Administration

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Chiefs Eschew Partisanship

Roll Call

By David M. Drucker

A bipartisan group of Senate Chiefs of Staff meet regularly.

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GOP Governors Sound Bipartisan Notes

The Huffington Post

By Eileen McMenamin

Eileen McMenamin is the Director of Communications for the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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Building Bipartisan Habits

Washington Post
David Boren

In today's Washington Post, David Boren argues that President Obama should continue to pursue bipartisanship.

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Partisanship, by the Bye

The New Yorker

Hendrick Hertzberg


The big question: Was President Obama "bipartisan" enough?

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Betting on Bipartisanship

Washington Post
David Broder

Bipartisanship is still achievable, despite what some are saying.

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Democratic leader: Bipartisanship doesn't mean both parties are created equal

USA Today
By Jill Lawrence and Eugene Kiely

Point of view: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

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Bipartisanship at What Price?

Washington Post

E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Bipartisanship and the stimulus bill.

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