bipartisan bill
Both-parties-backed proposal
A bipartisan bill is proposed legislation that has support from both major political parties—in American politics, Democrats and Republicans.
The term signals cross-party cooperation, often invoked to suggest broad consensus or political legitimacy: The infrastructure package passed as a bipartisan bill.
Whether something truly qualifies as bipartisan is often disputed, since even minimal support from the opposing party can earn the label.
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- common groundPoints of agreement
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- Capitol HillCongressional district and synecdoche
Senate · House · lawmakers · cosponsors · aisle · unity · vote · amendment · committee · passage · Democrat · Republican · coalition · olive branch · consensus · negotiation · filibuster · chamber
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, committee
- bipartisanshipcrossing the aisle, common ground, compromise, consensus, cosponsorship
- political dealsaccord, compromise, pact, treaty, bargaining
- billsrent, mortgage, due dates, balance due, payment reminder
- legislationacts, laws, statutes, act, law
bipartisan, bill, partisan, partisans, bipartisanship, nonpartisan, bills, billed, billing