In 1997, he along with Michael O. Leavitt when he was governor of Utah, and Jim Geringer when he was governor of Wyoming led a bipartisan team of 19 state governors in the founding of Western Governors University.

The National Environmental Policy Act ( 1969 ), the Clean Air Act ( 1970 ), the Clean Water Act ( 1972 ), and the Endangered Species Act ( 1973 ) all were enacted with broad bipartisan support, and ultimately signed into law by Republican President Richard Nixon.

In 2005, Coleman successfully led a bipartisan coalition of 34 Senators in securing a renewable fuels package as part of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, which included new standards for renewable fuels and an extension of tax credits for biodiesel, small ethanol producers and wind and livestock waste.

In 2007, Baker joined fellow former Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole, Tom Daschle, and George Mitchell to found the Bipartisan Policy Center, a non-profit think tank that works to develop policies suitable for bipartisan support.

In 2007, Mitchell joined fellow former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Bob Dole, and Tom Daschle to found the Bipartisan Policy Center, a non-profit think tank that works to develop policies suitable for bipartisan support.

Cisneros has also been author, editor or collaborator in several books, including Interwoven Destinies: Cities and the Nation, a project with the late former HUD Secretary Jack Kemp ; Opportunity and Progress: A Bipartisan Platform for National Housing Policy was presented the Common Purpose Award for demonstrating the potential of bipartisan cooperation ; and Casa y Comunidad: Latino Home and Neighborhood Design, a publication that took the first-ever look at the growing and increasingly prosperous U. S. Latino community and its housing needs, was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal in the category of best business book of 2006.

Moderation of the spoils system at the federal level came with the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883, which created a bipartisan Civil Service Commission to evaluate job candidates on a nonpartisan merit basis.

The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 ( 15 U. S. C §§ 41-58, as amended ) started the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ), a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the president of the United States for seven-year terms.

In 2004, the Citizens ' Debate Commission ( CDC ) was formed with the stated mission of returning control of the debates to an independent nonpartisan body rather than a bipartisan body.

In 1992, Holbrooke was also a member of the Carnegie Commission on America and a Changing World and Chairman and principal author of the bipartisan Commission on Government and Renewal, sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation and the Peterson Institute.

Allison chaired the 1884 – 1886 Allison Commission, a bipartisan joint congressional committee " among the first to explore the question of whether federal intervention politicizes scientific research.

In addition, in April 2010, the Committee's policy director, Marc Goldwein joined President Obama's bipartisan Fiscal Commission.

The Commission is a seven member bipartisan board whose members are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate.

* U. S. President George W. Bush announces the formation of the Iraq Intelligence Commission, an independent, bipartisan inquiry presidential commission to probe into prewar intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction leading up to the decision to invade Iraq.

* Facilitating the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, Genocide Prevention Task Force, and the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.

He directed the bipartisan National Commission on Federal Election Reform, created after the 2000 election and chaired by former presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, along with Lloyd Cutler and Bob Michel.

She was appointed by former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and also served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae.

A six-member bipartisan Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, colloquially known as the " Franking Commission ," is responsible for oversight and regulation of the franking privilege in the Congress.

In 1994-1995 he chaired the Education Commission of the States, and in 1995, was part of a bipartisan effort by the nation's governors to reform Medicaid.

Roemer served on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, a bipartisan commission created by Congress in 2007 as an outgrowth of the reforms put forth by the 9 / 11 Commission to examine how the United States can best address this threat to our national security.

Also in late 2002, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, an independent bipartisan commission popularly known as the 9 / 11 Commission, was eventually established with a broader mission " to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances " surrounding the attacks.

He also co-chaired the bipartisan Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy, which published Discriminate Deterrence in January 1988.

Their effort was assisted by the recommendations of the bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Rev.

After the 9 / 11 Commission published its findings, Maloney co-founded the bipartisan House 9 / 11 Commission Caucus and helped write and secure the enactment into law of many of its recommendations to reform the nation's intelligence agencies Congressional Quarterly wrote in its annual guide, 2006 Politics in America: " In the 108th Congress, Maloney reached out beyond her usual roles as a liberal gadfly and persistent Bush administration critic, helping win enactment of a sweeping bill to reorganize U. S. intelligence operations.

The Senate's version of the Whistleblower Protection Act ( S. 274 ), which has significant bipartisan support, was approved by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2007.

The House passed its version of the Financial Services Act of 1999 on July 1, 1999, by a bipartisan vote of 343-86 ( Republicans 205 – 16 ; Democrats 138 – 69 ; Independent 0 – 1 ), two months after the Senate had already passed its version of the bill on May 6 by a much-narrower 54 – 44 vote along basically-partisan lines ( 53 Republicans and 1 Democrat in favor ; 44 Democrats opposed ).

He also supported the bipartisan Clean Energy Stimulus Act of 2008 that provides tax incentives for the development of clean and renewable energy sources.

In 2006 Sununu sponsored the bipartisan New England Wilderness Act which added tens of thousand of acres of land to federally protected forests.

In September 2008, Sununu became one of twenty senators ( ten Democrats and ten Republicans ) co-sponsoring a bipartisan energy bill, the New Energy Reform Act of 2008.

Wyden voted against the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, a Republican effort to restrict the number of class actions suits against businesses and the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, a bipartisan change in bankruptcy law designed to make it more difficult to file for bankruptcy and to make those in bankruptcy pay more of their debts.

The bipartisan 2006 Deficit Reduction Act and other measures have sought to reduce the amount of money claimed by the government and to ensure that more funds are accessible by children and families, noting that more obligors ( paying parents ) are willing to pay child support when their children directly benefit from payments.

The Clinton presidency also saw the passage and signing of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 which was a bipartisan measure expressing support for regime change in Iraq.

The bipartisan Conservative coalition in Congress passed anti-union legislation over liberal opposition, most notably the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.

Eric Alva and a bipartisan group of representatives to Capitol Hill to reintroduce the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, legislation that would repeal the Pentagon's " don't ask, don't tell " policy regarding gay service members.

He thinks of himself as a " Progressive Democrat " and has said that " I am especially proud that, during the 1990s, I led the bipartisan effort to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries ; and that, in 2009, I was a primary House sponsor of the Racial Justice Act.

Upton voted against passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( PPACA ) and has since voted in favor of its complete repeal, stating that the law ignored the will of the people and that a bill that important should not have been passed without strong bipartisan support.

This campaign culminated in a bipartisan amendment, which became part of the Equality Act 2010.

Wilkinson's hopes were manifested with the passage of the bipartisan Innocence Protection Act in 2004.

George W. Bush | President Bush signing the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act at Hamilton High School ( Hamilton, Ohio ) | Hamilton H. S.

The FOIA amendments were a small part of the bipartisan Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.

Landmark laws enacted, with huge bipartisan majorities and many times with the help of the business community, include the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988, the 1988 Fair Housing Act Amendments, the Japanese American Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and the 1982 Voting Rights Act Extension.