No wonder the House, with a bipartisan unity stretching from religious conservatives to secular liberals, unanimously passed a bill creating a commission to weigh gambling's national impact.

He suggested that the spirit of bipartisan unity had been forged by the pressure, and by the weight of history.

Now, just as when the law was first passed, it has generated rare bipartisan unity here.

Showing rare bipartisan unity, governors of both parties said in interviews this week that they would press hard in the coming months to preserve or even increase their current Medicaid allotments.

He urged that the same spirit of bipartisan unity that marked the war against terrorism be extended to deliberations on the lagging economy.

In a show of bipartisan unity, Democrats in Congress bypassed an opportunity to offer a televised response to Mr. Bush's address.

The Legislature rejected such claims, and in a show of bipartisan unity, overrode his vetoes on spending bills.

The group is an advisory committee, and Pataki aides made clear by their comments today that its composition was intended to send signals of bipartisan unity after a divisive campaign.

In a swift display of bipartisan unity, Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation today aimed at allowing a national do-not-call registry against unwanted telemarketing to take effect next week as planned.

It's a rare moment of bipartisan unity: The Obama administration and both congressional Democrats and Republicans all agree that new measures are needed to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions.