
Led by Co-Chairs former Senator Pete Domenici
and Dr. Alice Rivlin
Launched January 25, 2010
Bipartisan Policy Center’s JayEtta Hecker Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Press Release
· Mar. 11, 2010
Bipartisan Policy Center’s JayEtta Hecker to Testify Before U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Press Release
· Mar. 10, 2010
Short-staffed agency overseeing high-speed-rail effort draws fire
BPC in the News
· USA Today · Mar. 9, 2010
Democrats' EPA Legislation a Way to Vent on Clean-Air Rule
BPC in the News
· CQ · Mar. 5, 2010
The Radical Middle
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The Economic Policy Project (EPP) is committed to developing bipartisan policy recommendations to enhance the financial prosperity and security of the American people and to advance the worldwide competitiveness of U.S. commerce and capital. Read More
At the launch of the Bipartisan Policy Center, BPC founders Senators Baker, Daschle, Dole, and Mitchell expressed a desire to work together on a specific policy project to exemplify their commitment to bipartisan action. Recognizing the current crisis in American health care as well as the political stalemate in the reform debate, they decided to make health care their signature issue. Read More
Current federal transportation policy is an amalgamation of outdated programs and top-down funding streams that lacks national purpose, performance, and accountability. The National Transportation Policy Project is bringing new voices to the transportation debate to establish a bottom-up, performance-based transportation vision that promotes economic competitiveness, energy security and environmental improvements, and safety. Read More
The Science for Policy Project is the work of a 13-member bipartisan panel of experts dedicated to improving the use of science in regulatory policy. The panel’s recommendations focus on protecting science and fostering richer debates over political values to enhance regulatory policy making and protect the public from both needless regulations and needless dangers. Read More
The National Commission on Energy Policy is working to create real energy policy reform by identifying and addressing the barriers that have thwarted previous efforts at energy policy reform. By taking a bipartisan approach, and seeking to connect the expertise and objectivity of scientific research with political realities, the Commission seeks both to build on and distinguish itself from past energy policy efforts. Read More
The National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) intends to re-assess progress on the initial 9/11 Commission recommendations to develop an updated baseline and then analyze the new or continuing challenges in today’s environment. Read More
The National Security Initiative is committed to developing realistic and robust bipartisan policy recommendations for the principal national security and foreign policy issues confronting the United States. With a number of ongoing projects, NSI works with ideologically diverse groups of distinguished experts. NSI endeavors to create bipartisan strategies for to address today’s rapidly evolving international challenges. Read More
Agriculture may soon have an unprecedented opportunity to access a new source of income – carbon markets. As the US begins fighting climate change by reducing greenhouse gases, farmers can tap into a new, multi-billion dollar carbon market. Read More
Meeting the Challenge: Time Is Running Out

A year ago, Senators Daniel Coates and Charles Robb and Gen. (ret.) Charles Wald participated in the Bipartisan Policy Center’s task force on U.S. policy towards Iranian nuclear ambitions, reaching consensus outlined in the report, Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development, on a robust yet realistic and comprehensive policy toward Iranian nuclear development.
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Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health System
Crossing Our Lines is a bipartisan agreement for comprehensive health reform reached by Senators Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, and Bob Dole. It is the culmination of an inclusive year-and-a-half effort that included strategic outreach to key health care stakeholders, a series of state-based public policy forums, and months of personal deliberations by the Leaders.
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Laurel Harbridge
What the health care debate doesn’t tell us about bipartisanship