Too often partisanship poisons our national dialogue. Unfortunately, respectful discourse across party lines has become the exception - not the norm.

To confront this challenge, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) was formed to develop and promote solutions that would attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics and business leaders in the art of principled compromise. In addition to advancing specific proposals, the BPC also is broadcasting a different type of policy discourse that seeks to unite the constructive center in the pursuit of common goals.



News Articles

Health care: Choice or mandate
Jun 17, 2008

The event addressed the question - health care: choice or mandate? - moving past rhetoric to real solutions to our health care crisis.
»Read More News Item  ·  Dividedwefail.org  ·  Jun 17, 2008_  right

Carbon clincher: America Weighs an emissions mechanism
Jun 18, 2008

Devoid of American participation, the international market in carbon dioxide emissions is a partly formed creature whose health remains uncertain.
»Read More News Item  ·  Financial Times  ·  Jun 18, 2008

Gas Prices
Jun 8, 2008

With the average gas price over $4/gallon, many are wondering if prices will ever reverse. This and similar stories ran in 30 major markets nationwide. Paul Bledsoe is featured.
»Read More News Item  ·  NBC News- Los Angeles  ·  Jun 8, 2008

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Press Releases

Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Comprehensive Report On Financing Health Reform

Washington, DC – Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report cataloguing the range of financing reform options that policymakers will have to consider in any major health reform effort.
Press Release  ·  Jun 25, 2008

Financial Leaders and Senators Hold Bipartisan Meeting to Discuss Credit Crisis

June 10, 2008

Washington, DC – Yesterday in New York City, eight financial leaders and three U.S. Senators gathered to discuss the role of the credit rating agencies in the ongoing financial crisis and to recommend reforms that will restore investor confidence and encourage economic growth.
Press Release  ·  Jun 10, 2008

Dole and Daschle Release New Report on the Role of Agriculture in Cutting US Greenhouse Emissions

June 2, 2008

(Washington, D.C.) -- On the eve of Senate debate on legislation to cap U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, former Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Tom Daschle today released recommendations for creating a robust U.S. market for agricultural carbon credits to cut emissions and provide a valuable new asset for famers.
Press Release  ·  Jun 2, 2008

Special Reports

Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care
Download our report, "Financing the U.S. Health System: Issues and Options for Change". Click here to download.

 

National Transportation Policy Project Commentary
BPC's National Transportation Policy Project issues bold commentary on Transportation Commission's Report. Click here to download.

 

21st Century Agriculture
Download our report, "Competing and Succeeding in the 21st Century: New Markets for American Agriculture. Click here to download.


Energy Recommendations
New recommendations include increased auto fuel economy standards, interim nuclear waste storage, deployment of carbon capture and storage technologies, and national renewable energy standards. Download the report here


Ending The Energy Stalemate
Download our report, Ending The Energy Stalemate here


Bipartisan Policy Report
Find out more about our vision for a new kind of political discourse in Washington. Download the report here.

Former Leaders Launch Health Care Project

 


Senators Bob Dole and George Mitchell, along with project co-chairs Dr. Mark McClellan and Chris Jennings, officially launched the Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care on April 16, 2008 at the National Press Club, Washington, DC.



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Churchill's Promised Land

Churchill's Promised Land
Churchill's Promised Land by Michael Makovsky, is the first book to explore fully the role that Zionism played in the political thought of Winston Churchill. Makovsky traces the development of Churchill's positions toward Zionism from the period leading up to the First World War through his final years as prime minister in the 1950s.

All Roads Lead To Congress


All Roads Lead To Congress: The $300 Billion Fight Over Highway Function by Costas Panagopoulos and Joshua Schank, brings to life the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that is integral to so many big-ticket bills. This work follows the surface transportation bill from inception to law, observing firsthand the twists and turns of its journey.

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