But he continues to propose them anyway, often using partisan terms to fault Republicans for the lack of progress.
In partisan terms, his death will not change the Senate's 55-to-45 Republican advantage.
Strong's analysis, like that of his contemporaries and later historians, is cast in purely partisan terms.
Now the Supreme Court, usually thought of in ideological or philosophical but not partisan terms, has taken the case.
The partisan terms outlasted the lives of these two men.
In partisan terms, the Republicans have left themselves open to embarrassing attack.
In partisan terms, the balance will probably not tilt much.
But it is closely balanced in partisan terms.
I am also against improper political divides in partisan terms.
In purely partisan terms, Tuesday was a good day for the Democrats.