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...bipartisan experience has been a great asset for me, and I hope to share that with the students...
...will the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigate scandals in Washington? -Dianne Twersky, new york cityOn a bipartisan basis, if possible. The way the Republicans handled their oversight was a good example of how not to behave. They became partisan by not looking at issues that might embarrass the Administration...
...able to summon the 67 votes necessary to pass a timetable for withdrawal. Even the old bull Republicans who have "abandoned" the President aren't prepared to vote with the Democrats just yet. The most interesting vote in the next few weeks will be on a bipartisan amendment, sponsored by Democrat Ken Salazar of Colorado and Republican Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, that would enshrine the findings of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group as national policy. One of those findings calls for the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by March 2008, but the wording is sufficiently muzzy...
...world and focus on topics like emissions, forest conservation and alternative fuels. (Crist is also mandating that state-owned vehicles use biofuels like corn ethanol when possible.) But Crist, who made a point of inviting Kennedy, also hopes it will promote what he says is a sorely needed bipartisan approach on global warming, as well as provide a nudge to recalcitrant conservatives who still consider the global warming science murky or are simply opposed to the kind of measures states like California and now Florida are promulgating. The summit "should help America move forward on the issue," says Crist...
...anyway, Crist's reading of Floridians has been accurate on most issues: his approval rating is flying around 70%, and he's won kudos for reinstilling a bipartisan spirit into the state's traditionally centrist politics. What's more, the summit adds to the state's feeling that it's become a national agenda-setter, especially after Crist and the legislature recently moved Florida's presidential primary to the front of the pack by scheduling it in January. Presidential candidates "are crawling all over the state now," Crist says. They're listening harder, he adds, to Florida-sensitive issues like...