Quotes About Bipartisanship

The problems we face aren't Democratic problems or Republican problems. These are Maryland's problems.

On certain issues, one has to rise above party politics for the country to run.

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.

The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics.

We will face the challenges head on. We will work with both parties, across the aisle, to make our state better.

If politicians of both parties would spend more time legislating and less time attacking each other, we would all be better off.

Our elected officials must understand that we, the American people, expect them to perform the duties of their office, even when that means working with other elected officials from different parties.

We need elected officials who overcome partisan politics to really help people.

There's no such thing as a partisan base.

When it's for the good of your state, you put partisan differences aside.

Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue.

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

Making people's lives better is not a partisan issue.

We need Congress to do more than just engage in partisan games.

At certain moments, both the WEEE Act and the First Step Act appeared doomed to dead end in partisan gridlock and procedural hurdles.

Partisan politics is not my passion.

Health care should not be a partisan issue. Because health care is a Kentucky issue.

The people of New Jersey sent me to Congress because they are tired of partisan gridlock. They want to see our Congress get to work on legislation that will make people's lives better.

Ensuring the safety and security of servicemembers should not be a partisan issue.

I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.

I think partisanship is probably the greatest problem in Washington, D.C.

The party of Kennedy is also the party of Eastland. The party of Javits is also the party of Goldwater.

The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.

Despite the fact that important measures such as the Americans with Disabilities Act passed only with crucial Republican support, the public - and the community of disability advocates - normally identifies this issue with the Democratic party.