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Mar. 15, 2010

Ray LaHood: Why Republicans should support health care reform

Former Republican Congressman and now Transportation Secretary in the Obama administration encourages his former colleagues to vote for health care reform.

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Posted in Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care, Bipartisanship

New York Times: Getting Obama Right

David Brooks asks "Who is Barack Obama?" Republicans and Democrats have different answers.

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Christian Science Monitor: Scott Brown: champion of bipartisanship?

Gail Russell Chaddock discusses the Senate's newest member, Scott Brown. Read the full article here.

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Washington Post: It's time for tax reform

Ezra Klein writes about Senators Wyden and Gregg working together on tax reform.

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Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart interviews former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani

"It used to be in politics the art of compromise was considered a very honorable thing, a very good thing. You can never get everything that you want, so you try to get as much of it as you can." - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani

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Five Questions With BPC Board Chair Jane Garvey

Jane Garvey is Chair of the BPC's Board of Directors.

Posted in National Transportation Policy Project, Bipartisanship

Washington Post: People in Newton, PA want bipartisanship

"Washington rancor angers bipartisan-minded Pennsylvania town"

By Paul Kane

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Bayh: Why I’m Leaving the Senate

Senator Evan Bayh discusses his decision to leave the Senate in a New York Times op-ed:

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Washington's Time for Bipartisanship: Retirement

Time Magazine interviews Sen. Pete Domenici, Senior Fellow at the BPC, and BPC President Jason Grumet.

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Christian Science Monitor: Obama must lead on bipartisanship

The Monitor's Editorial Board thinks he is the best person to bring Democrats and Republicans together.

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ABC: President to Host Bipartisan Health Care Reform Meeting Later This Month

President Obama will host a bipartisan health care reform meeting on February 25.

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The BPC's Leaders Project on the State of American Health Care released its plan for comprehensive health care reform last June. Read the plan here.

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Roberts: Bipartisanship takes 'moral courage'

Former Senators Dole, Baker, Domenici, Daschle and Robb are all working on projects with the BPC. Senators Dole, Baker, Daschle founded the BPC and on our health care project, Senator Domenici is our Senior Fellow and leading our Debt Reduction Task Force, and Senator Robb works on our National Security Initiative's Iran project.

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Posted in Debt Initiative, Economic Policy Project, Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care, Meeting the Challenge of a Nuclear Iran, National Security Initiative, Bipartisanship

Washington Post: The myth of Washington bipartisanship and the art of true compromise

Steve Pearlstein discusses bipartisanship following the swearing in of new Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown.

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WSJ: Senators Spar Over Jobs Bill

By Naftali Bendavid and Greg Hitt

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