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Bipartisan Duo Introduce Bill to ‘Counter China Economic Coercion’

October 15, 2021
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In a rare show of bipartisanship highlighting increasing awareness of the dangers China poses to U.S. national security, a Republican and a Democrat in the House of Representatives are teaming up to introduce a bill to counter coercive economic practices by the largest remaining communist state. The bill, titled the “Countering China Economic Coercion Act,”…

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Maryland Looks to Rake in More Than $4 Billion If Federal Infrastructure Bill Is Enacted

August 19, 2021
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Maryland would receive billions of dollars from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act if it is passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and signed into law. Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, has pushed for the bill during his tenure as chairman of the National Governors Association. In a statement, he praised the bill’s Aug….

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Find Common Ground in Some Election Reform Measures

August 17, 2021
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While support for issues like voter ID is split along party lines in the Pennsylvania State House, there is bipartisan support for some election reform. When the General Assembly returns to Harrisburg in September, the Senate State Government Committee will consider eight election reform measures through a bill supported by Republican state Sen. David Argall,…

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Group of 21 Bipartisan Senators Say They Agree on ‘Framework’ for Infrastructure

June 17, 2021
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A bipartisan senators’ group working on a major infrastructure package has more than doubled in size to 21 members, featuring 11 Republicans, nine Democrats, and one independent who caucuses with the Democrats. The group sought support for its emerging bipartisan proposal in a statement on Wednesday, saying the plan would not hike taxes on wealthy individuals…

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Despite Raging Partisan Gridlock, These Lawmakers Are Still Willing to Reach Across the Aisle

May 3, 2021
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Some lawmakers are still willing to reach across the aisle despite the unprecedented level of partisanship that has gripped the country, a report released Monday shows. The report, authored by the Lugar Center and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, ranks every lawmaker’s bipartisan index, a metric measuring how willing they are to work…

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Republican Senators Critical of Biden’s Lack of Bipartisanship After Wednesday’s Address

April 29, 2021
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Moderate Republicans, many of whom have met with President Joe Biden to negotiate the administration’s pandemic relief bill, came away from the president’s address to the joint session of Congress doubtful about his calls for bipartisanship and unity. After the first 100 days, many of those GOP lawmakers who were hopeful about Biden’s desire to…

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Group Brings Together Democrats and Republicans in Talks, Promotes Unity

March 23, 2021
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The political polarization in the United States has increasingly strained or broken bonds between family and friends in recent years, says clinical psychologist Laura Gilliom. She has seen it in her own family and in those she counsels. “I see a real hunger for regaining the ability to talk with and to trust each other…

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