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Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book

The release of her book this week coincides with an online push to get voters to turn up the heat on lawmakers through the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit think tank.

How to fix US debt without hurting fragile economy

Among those calling for ending or scaling back most tax breaks are the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and former Clinton administration official Erskine Bowles,...

New high-profile bipartisan group on immigration

The high-profile group, brought together by the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, will aim to keep up momentum behind overhauling immigration and serve as a sounding board for policy makers,...

U.S. is steering toward a crisis on highway funding

"Thirty years ago, 'like it' might have been good enough," said Frankel, now a visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a research hub in Washington, D.C."'We'll do it because we like it...

U.S. keeps building new highways while letting old ones crumble

"Thirty years ago, 'like it' might have been good enough," said Frankel, who's now a visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a research center in Washington.

Senate to clear debt limit increase for Obama

But the deadline to again raise the ceiling would be pushed off until August, according to Bipartisan Policy Center calculations.

Debt crisis averted _ but spring fight still ahead

Supporters of the debt limit bill did not estimate the additional borrowing that would occur, but the Bipartisan Policy Center forecast about $450 billion if it is signed into law by month's end.

SPIN METER: Obama and his Social Security warning

The Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington-based research group, ran several scenarios.

Hitting the debt limit: What bills would be paid?

According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, the federal government between Feb. 15 and March 15 will get $277 billion in revenue and face $452 billion in obligations.

Changes at EPA, DOE are expected

Margot Anderson, the executive director of the Energy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington-based group that says it promotes legislative consensus, said that study will probably...

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PORTLAND, Maine: Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book

The release of her book, "Fighting for Common Ground," on Tuesday coincides with an online push...

WASHINGTON: US Treasury says debt auctions could be trimmed

However, the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank, issued a report last week that...

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- Bill Hoagland, senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center, on funding for...

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House passes bill to prioritize US debt payments

This additional borrowing authority would give Treasury the capacity to issue enough new debt...

Tom Daschle Wikipedia

He and former Senators George Mitchell, Bob Dole, and Howard Baker formed the Bipartisan Policy...

Federal rental assistance must target the most needy

Henry Cisneros is co-chairman of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission.

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Rice, Barbour join bipartisan push on immigration

A high-profile new bipartisan group is forming to pressure Congress to overhaul the nation's...

Now we can talk about spending without fear of default

As the Bipartisan Policy Center predicted and the Treasury Department affirmed, we were at...

Time running out on debt ceiling

That's the key takeaway from a new report released Tuesday by the Bipartisan Policy Center.