Source: Trust, a publication of The Pew Charitable Trusts; Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2007.
The well-documented and continual decline in bipartisanship in Congress over the past decade is one of the most serious impediments to the efficient functioning of our federal government. To increase the opportunities for bipartisan compromise, senior staff in the offices of U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle initiated a series of pragmatic discussions in a promising effort to improve government effectiveness. Their effort, launched in 2004, now includes representatives from two-thirds of the Senate offices.
This grant formalizes and expands the initiative to include a bimonthly dinner series, bimonthly breakfast discussions, workshops and a retreat for the chiefs of staff. These events will focus on promoting constructive collaboration, addressing common administrative challenges and building on the skills the chiefs required to create an environment that leads to better-informed and more effective public policy.
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