Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming is one of a handful of Republicans who has been discussing a bipartisan approach on health care.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"I think this president believes we can't afford not to." Hopes for a bipartisan compromise on health care appear to be fading.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

He has proposed a freeze on some domestic spending, and sought a bipartisan commission to craft a plan to tackle America's long-term fiscal imbalances.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

After months of rigorous debate on health insurance reform, fought largely along political party lines, President Obama says a bipartisan solution is starting to take shape.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

That is the important of this legislation and moving forward we have to work in a bipartisan way to make sure that this does not happen again."

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

U.S.President Barack Obama has proposed a freeze on non-entitlement domestic spending, while awaiting recommendations from a bipartisan commission tasked with charting a course to a balanced federal budget.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Douglas said governors are approaching the issue in a bipartisan way.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

In an effort similar to action in the House of Representatives, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation targeting Iran's gasoline imports, including companies supporting Iran's energy sector or insuring fuel shipments to Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Baucus has spent months negotiating with Republicans and skeptical Democrats on the panel to gain support for a bipartisan version of reform legislation one of two measures to emerge in the Senate, along with three in the House of Representatives.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

To ensure support, Democratic leaders agreed to a bipartisan amendment, approved 240 to 194, prohibiting a future government-run insurance plan from offering abortion services, and barring anyone receiving federal subsidies from purchasing private plans that cover abortion.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

"Spending a number of hours together in that kind of environment,I think, can only help improve the chances of bipartisan cooperation.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

It is a true bipartisan effort. Opposition Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says something must be done.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Republican Senator Bob Corker, who was involved in bipartisan negotiations before the talks broke down, said the plan faces a tough fight in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

At a hearing of the bipartisan Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill, lawmakers from both major U.S.political parties cited the November unemployment figure as welcome progress.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Matt Dallek is a political historian at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Matt Dallek is a political expert at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

a political expert at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Republican Jeb Hensarling says changes agreed to by Democrats and Republicans have improved the measure,adding that it should attract strong bipartisan support when it comes up for a vote in the House.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, "There is a strong bipartisan determination on this committee and in this Congress to do all that we can to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

A key Senate Democrat involved in bipartisan negotiations on health care announced plans on Wednesday to move ahead with a "markup" the process of finalizing a bill for full consideration by lawmakers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

President Obama said Senator Kennedy considered health care reform a moral issue, and suggested that his concern and regard for the plight of others should spur bipartisan cooperation in finally achieving reform.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"This bipartisan letter from senators to the administration is a very significant one because of the growing opposition both among Republicans and Democrats to holding the trial in New York,but too,in the end, the Congress has the power of the purse,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

"Most Americans wanted to hear president tell Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, and the rest of the Congress that it is time to start over on a common sense, bipartisan plan focused on lowering the cost of health care while improving quality."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

To underscore the priority the administration puts on the issue, Clinton made the release of the report a major event that included bipartisan Congressional leaders and activists from Albania and Costa Rica who were among nine people from around the world saluted in the report as anti-trafficking heroes.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16