bipartisan
[bahy-pahr-tuh-zuh n]
- representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
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Origin of bipartisan
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Examples from the Web for bipartisanship
Contemporary Examples
It was a long time ago, back when Congress functioned, and bipartisanship was real.
Then, in a rare show of bipartisanship, Democrats and Republicans teamed up to gut the program.
Sadly, Groupon Government is one area in which bipartisanship rules like a schoolyard bully.
But the price of bipartisanship in the Obama era at least has been an unwillingness until recently to openly oppose the president.
Meaning what, that his attempts at bipartisanship for these last six years have worked like a charm?
Historical Examples
Bipartisanship is more than minding our manners, it is doing our duty.
State of the Union Addresses of George W. BushGeorge W. Bush
Witness the fact of bipartisanship, not in politics alone, but in all of life's interests.
The Will to DoubtAlfred H. Lloyd
Mr. Speaker, at your swearing in you asked us all to work together in a spirit of civility and bipartisanship.
bipartisan
- consisting of or supported by two political parties
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Word Origin and History for bipartisanship
n.
also bi-partisanship, 1895, from bipartisan + -ship.
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