Snowe and Collins Vote ‘No’ On DISCLOSE Act

The vote’s not over yet, but it might as well be.

A Rocky Start to the New Era of Bipartisanship

And not just on health care reform. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), head of the Banking Committee, announced this morning that, after weeks of financial reform negotiations with the panel’s senior Republican, Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.), the two sides “have reached an impasse.”

While I still hope that we will ultimately

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Local GOP Censures Graham for Climate Cooperation, Other Bipartisanship

Anyone who pooh-poohed Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) politically courageous decision to work with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to help craft bipartisan climate legislation might reconsider his position after this news out of South Carolina:

The Charleston County Republican Party’s executive committee took the unusual step Monday night of censuring

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Not to Be Upstaged by Snowe …

That other Maine Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, released a statement this morning commending the decision of her Maine colleague to cross the aisle yesterday in support of the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill.

Due, in large measure, to the efforts of Senator Olympia Snowe, who has worked

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Health Reform Should Have Broad, Bipartisan Support? Really?

Following up on Dave’s post, Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), the Republican point-man on Senate health reform legislation this year, says he’s still interested in forging a bipartisan health reform deal — so long as the bill can win an overwhelming majority in the upper chamber. More…

Health Care Battle Tarnishes Grassley’s Bipartisan Reputation

Senate Democrats negotiating health care reforms with Sen. Charles Grassley are finding out the hard way that the Iowa Republican, while boasting a reputation for reaching across the aisle, appears hard set on supporting GOP leadership above bipartisan compromise.

Not only is Grassley threatening to vote against the bill — More…

The End of Bipartisanship on Health Reform?

So implies Congressional Quarterly, which reported today that the Obama administration is leaning toward a strategy of basing its “bipartisanship” determination on GOP amendments to the health bill, rather than the number of GOP votes the proposal ultimately wins.

[P]rivately, White House officials said the administration is moving closer

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Bipartisanship Watch

Here’s a cheater’s guide to the president’s odes to bipartisanship:

I understand that when the last administration asked this Congress to provide assistance for struggling banks, Democrats and Republicans alike were infuriated by the mismanagement and results that followed.  So were the American taxpayers.  So was I.

Michael Steele Weighs In

The Republican National Committee chairman judges the speech at 9:30 p.m. on the dot:

After last year’s State of the Union, then-candidate Barack Obama asked the nation to imagine a time when a President’s agenda would draw standing ovations from both sides of the aisle. That sort of bipartisanship is

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Stimulus Plan in Search of a Plan

It’s clear now: When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to a podium just before 3 p.m. yesterday to announce a bicameral deal on the $789 billion stimulus package, the details of the legislation were murky at best.