bipartisan support
Both parties agree
Bipartisan support means backing from both major political parties, especially in the American context of Democrats and Republicans.
The term signals that an issue transcends partisan divisions: The bill passed with bipartisan support.
Politicians often invoke bipartisan support to suggest broad legitimacy or to distinguish legislation from party-line votes.
- reaching across the aisleCooperating with political opponents
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- public trustFaith in institutions
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- bridge-buildingEstablishing connections between estranged parties
common ground · public opinion · negotiation · consensus · working together · shared goals · mutual agreement · unity · civic engagement · cosponsorship · stability · committee hearings · social progress · floor debates · voting blocs · collaboration · both sides · supermajority
- Judicial Appointmentsjudicial nominee, nomination, nominee, confirmation hearing, confirmation vote
- Senate Confirmationsconfirmation vote, nominees, advice and consent, nomination hearings, committee vote
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
- civil servicecivil servants, bureaucrat, civil servant, administrator, clerk
bipartisan supportpartisan gridlock
Governance halted by factions
partisan divide · partisan warfare · political polarization · party-line vote · filibuster
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