Moreover, the reform enjoyed bipartisan support in most states.
Analysis of the higher ranks of the regular army on the eve of war in 1861 partially confirms the bipartisan background of senior officers.
The survival of a bipartisan soldiers' honour ameliorated relations between enemies.
On a more fundamental level, laws that pass with bipartisan majorities may not begin with bipartisan support.
It is argued that the unusually bipartisan era of the 1950s created a set of circumstances that enabled congressional parties to remain relatively unpolarized throughout the 1960s and early 1970s.
This bipartisan era ended in the mid-1960s as the national parties began to take distinct positions on issues like race and the role of government.
The sub-group supported by the program - low-income workers - was a significant electoral prize and the electoral blame that might have resulted from cuts fostered bipartisan support for the program.
This area needs the kind of bipartisan approach which existed in the 1974 election manifestos.
