WASHINGTON -- Former Govs. Haley Barbour (R) and Ed Rendell (D), members of a Bipartisan Policy Center task force on immigration, had a word of warnin...

WASHINGTON -- A new bipartisan task force on immigration reform led by Republicans Condoleezza Rice and Haley Barbour and Democrats Henry Cisneros and...

WASHINGTON -- A pair of former senators told the nation's state legislators Friday morning that Congress needs to work in a bipartisan fashion to addr...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama is "bluffing" about the impacts of a debt default and holding troops and the elderly as "human shields" in the deadlock ...

WASHINGTON -- House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) headlined a bipartisan policy event Monday that turned into partisan politics as he ripped Repub...

A collection of senior lawmakers gathered at a Washington panel last Wednesday to reflect on the possibility of cooperation across party lines in the 112th Congress.

At a recent discussion by four newly defeated members of Congress, truth was on vivid display. Could losing an election might mark the first step towards freedom?

It is amazing what a deadline can do to focus the hearts and minds of our government, but the real test of bipartisanship lies in the ability of our political system to address the most pressing of all problems, the national debt.

My household is currently one of millions of victims of a counterintuitive retirement policy. Why should any American be forced to bankroll their own retirement -- as opposed to their employers?

The recession is not a justification for fiscal austerity, but rather an opportunity to show how investing in the American economy can help us grow our way out of tough fiscal times.

The only way to get our fiscal house in order is by enacting a thoughtful, balanced program that includes spending cuts; reforms to medical, retirement, farm, and other programs; and revenue increases.

If the election demonstrates anything, it is that the public is weary of excessive gamesmanship and is demanding that American politics become more realistic and responsive. And we have all grown more cynical about where any of this can happen.

The firm that houses two of the three former Senate majority leaders who proposed a comprehensive health care compromise plan on Wednesday has been pa...