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The Changing Climate for Environmental Legislation
BPC in the News · Newsweek · Aug. 31, 2010

A New Way To Pay?
BPC in the News · National Journal · Aug. 30, 2010

For Some, U.S. is always under siege
BPC in the News · Politico · Aug. 28, 2010

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National Security Initiative
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The National Security Initiative is committed to developing realistic and robust bipartisan policy recommendations for the principal national security and foreign policy issues confronting the United States. With a number of ongoing projects, NSI works with ideologically diverse groups of distinguished experts. NSI endeavors to create bipartisan strategies for to address today’s rapidly evolving international challenges. Read More

National Transportation Policy Project

Current federal transportation policy is an amalgamation of outdated programs and top-down funding streams that lacks national purpose, performance, and accountability. The National Transportation Policy Project is bringing new voices to the transportation debate to establish a bottom-up, performance-based transportation vision that promotes economic competitiveness, energy security and environmental improvements, and safety. Read More

National Security Preparedness Group

The National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) intends to re-assess progress on the initial 9/11 Commission recommendations to develop an updated baseline and then analyze the new or continuing challenges in today’s environment. Read More

Economic Policy Project

The Economic Policy Project (EPP) is committed to developing bipartisan policy recommendations to enhance the financial prosperity and security of the American people, and to advance the worldwide competitiveness of U.S. commerce and capital. Read More

National Commission on Energy Policy
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The National Commission on Energy Policy is working to create real energy policy reform by identifying and addressing the barriers that have thwarted previous efforts at energy policy reform. By taking a bipartisan approach, and seeking to connect the expertise and objectivity of scientific research with political realities, the Commission seeks both to build on and distinguish itself from past energy policy efforts. Read More

Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care

At the launch of the Bipartisan Policy Center, BPC founders Senators Baker, Daschle, Dole, and Mitchell expressed a desire to work together on a specific policy project to exemplify their commitment to bipartisan action. Recognizing the current crisis in American health care as well as the political stalemate in the reform debate, they decided to make health care their signature issue. Read More

Science for Policy Project

The Science for Policy Project is the work of a 13-member bipartisan panel of experts dedicated to improving the use of science in regulatory policy. The panel’s recommendations focus on protecting science and fostering richer debates over political values to enhance regulatory policy making and protect the public from both needless regulations and needless dangers. Read More

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Drilling Moratorium Working Group Report

At the request of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, the Bipartisan Policy Center formed a working group to consider the use of moratoria as a method for mitigating future harm in the immediate aftermath of a spill.
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Transitioning to a Performance-Based Federal Surface Transportation Policy

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) held an international workshop titled Transitioning to a Performance-Based Federal Surface Transportation Policy. Findings of the conference conversations are described in this workshop summary report.
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