21.   He further pledged to spearhead a bipartisan effort to get the troubled retirement program back on track before his term expires three years from now.

22.   He said bipartisan efforts helped produce a number of measures that strengthened defense, modernized the banking industry and improved education.

23.   If the amendment is approved, Gephardt said, bipartisan efforts to increase the minimum wage could be dead this year.

24.   In a remarkable bipartisan effort, and after more than a decade of trying, House Democrats and Republicans have reached agreement on regulating pesticides in food.

25.   In fact, the Bush campaign is fond of touting the privatization of Social Security as a bipartisan effort, which leaves Kerrey feeling uneasy.

26.   In the euphoria of the moment, many predicted that the bipartisan effort would usher in a new era of cooperation between the parties.

27.   It can begin with the support of the national electorate, understandably weary of the endless accusations of corruption, and it could involve a true bipartisan effort.

28.   It also pledges to protect Medicare and Medicaid, and calls for a bipartisan effort to strengthen the Social Security system.

29.   It was a genuine bipartisan effort.

30.   It will take decades of bipartisan effort to fix, they say.