The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
–based
think tank
A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governme ...
that promotes
bipartisanship.
The organization aims to combine ideas from both the
Republican and
Democratic parties to address U.S. policy challenges.
History
BPC was founded as a non-profit organization in 2007
by former
Senate majority leaders
Howard Baker
Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Le ...
,
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he led the Senate Democratic Caucus during the ...
,
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Leader of th ...
, and
George J. Mitchell.
BPC formally launched in March 2007, though the organization's roots trace back to 2002, when the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), predecessor to BPC's current Energy Project, was founded.
In November 2010, BPC's "Debt Reduction Task Force" released its report, ''Restoring America's Future'', in an effort to influence the debate over the national debt.
In June 2023,
Margaret Spellings,
U.S. Secretary of Education from 2005 to 2009, was announced as the center's CEO.
Funding
In 2013, the
Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
reported that the Bipartisan Policy Center advanced the interests of its funders, including corporations and industry associations who provide operational support and philanthropies that fund much of the center's programmatic work.
Political action committee
BPC partners with a
political action committee
In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation. The l ...
called BPC Action. BPC Action is "committed to seeing bipartisan policy solutions enacted into law", and "
orksclosely with
ts501(c)(3) partner, the Bipartisan Policy Center, to advance smart policies through the legislative process". BPC Action is a separate, 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.
References
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2007 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Bill Frist
Bob Dole
Centrist political advocacy groups in the United States
Political advocacy groups in the United States
Political and economic think tanks in the United States