bipartisan
Both parties agreeing
Bipartisan describes political action or agreement involving cooperation between two opposing parties, especially Democrats and Republicans in American politics: a bipartisan bill, bipartisan support for the measure.
The word often carries positive connotations of compromise and working across the aisle, though critics sometimes use it to suggest politicians are ignoring their base.
Legislative governing body
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- democratAdvocate for popular rule
- republicanAdvocate against hereditary rule
- houseResidential building
policy · caucus · filibuster · incumbent · lobbying · voting · election · bill
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- middle-groundIntermediate position between extremes
- agreementShared position between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- concessionYielding a point
deal-making · trade-off · give-and-take · bargaining · reconciliation · conciliation · mediation · resolution
Joint intellectual work
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
- consensusGeneral group agreement
teamwork · unity · coordination · accord · entente · concert · liaison · bridge-building
General group agreement
- solidarityUnity among allies
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
agreement · togetherness · concord · unifying
senate
Legislative governing body
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- democratAdvocate for popular rule
- republicanAdvocate against hereditary rule
house · policy · caucus · filibuster · incumbent · lobbying · voting · election · bill · committee
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- middle-groundIntermediate position between extremes
- agreementShared position between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
concession · deal-making · trade-off · give-and-take · bargaining · reconciliation · conciliation · mediation · resolution · accord
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
consensus · teamwork · unity · coordination · accord · entente · concert · liaison · bridge-building
consensus
General group agreement
- solidarityUnity among allies
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- cohesionTendency to bind together
alignment · agreement · togetherness · concord · unifying
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- U.S. PoliticsCongress, senator, representative, president, vice president
- US Politicsconservatism, ballot, liberalism, bill, constitutionalism
- bi- wordsbiannual, biathlon, bicameral, bicentennial, bicycle
bipartisanpartisan
Biased toward one side
one-party · single-party · unilateral · one-sided · factional
bipartisanpartisan
Biased toward one side
polarized · divisive · contentious · adversarial · combative
- bipartisan supportAgreement across party lines
- bipartisan compromiseAgreement between opposing parties
- bipartisan billLaw supported across parties
- bipartisan discussionsTalks involving both parties
- bipartisan effortsCollaborative work between parties
- bipartisan voteSupport from both parties