How to Use bipartisan in a Sentence

bipartisan

adjective
  • The bill has bipartisan support.
  • The House has formed a bipartisan study committee to research the issue.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 26 June 2023
  • There is bipartisan momentum behind expanding the [child tax credit].
    Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Making the job even more difficult, Schumer said bipartisan support is critical to the effort and said several committees will be expected to chip in.
    Peter Kasperowicz, Fox News, 23 June 2023
  • The proposals emerged from the bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Paisley performed the song live for the first time at the bipartisan gathering for 500 kids.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The bill passed in the Assembly with bipartisan support June 1 and moved on to the state Senate before it was put on hold.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • And that is not just for Republicans, but in a bipartisan way, get things done for the country.
    CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • But that didn’t stop a bipartisan grilling at a Senate hearing in June.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The hearing comes as part of a bipartisan effort to clamp down on child safety rules across the internet.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Ten House members ranked among the 100 most bipartisan.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
  • The bills are backed by powerful business groups, but most of them have seen some bipartisan pushback.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The bipartisan vote came despite objections from dozens of members of the public.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Despite bipartisan support, the bill’s chances may come down to money.
    Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Even with bipartisan backing, the future of the gun shop measure is uncertain.
    John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2023
  • This is a bipartisan issue that Congress can and should move quickly to address.
    Brian Hurley and Paul N. Samuels, STAT, 13 May 2024
  • But Congress is moving ahead with a potential ban on TikTok, with a bipartisan bill expected to make its way to the House for a vote very soon.
    Matt Novak / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But a Schumer spokesperson said there would be no such meeting with Democrats and that any discussions with the Israeli leader should be bipartisan.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Plus, she’s consistently ranked one of the most bipartisan members of the Senate.
    Laura McGann, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • In part because this was a tax credit and not a government program, there was hope that the credit would be a bipartisan thing going forward.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The bipartisan bill cruised through both the Senate and House with little opposition.
    Max Chesnes, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • The House bill is likely to face obstacles in the Senate, where a bipartisan effort last year to restrict TikTok petered out.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The bipartisan immigration bill in the Senate, while not perfect, could have helped.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
  • In early June, Biden finally spoke in prime time, from behind the Resolute Desk, about the bipartisan debt ceiling deal.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
  • There is much buzz about the emergence of a bipartisan governing coalition in the House, albeit one born of desperation.
    Michelle Cottle, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The bipartisan legislation had 154 co-sponsors, according to Congress.gov, but did not receive a vote on the House floor before the term ended.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Big Tech has become a bipartisan punching bag on Capitol Hill.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The measure is expected to pass with strong bipartisan support.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 18 July 2023
  • In a rare move, the act was passed with bipartisan support of Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
    Michael C. Bolton, al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • There have also been numerous bills, motions, and nominations that passed with bipartisan support and little-to-no opposition that the pair voted with members of the opposite party to pass.
    Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Aug. 2024

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