Bipartisan Policy Center history

On November 17, 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.

On October 26, 2011, BPC launched the Housing Commission, a bipartisan effort led by Kit Bond, Henry Cisneros, Mel Martinez, and George J. Mitchell.

On March 21, 2012, BPC hosted “A Century of Service” at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The event was a tribute to BPC founders and former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker and Bob Dole.

The Commission released its final recommendations to reform the nation’s housing policy in 2013, which included views on the most effective role of the federal government in helping to shape the nation’s future housing landscape.

Senators Tom Daschle, Trent Lott, and Olympia Snowe along with Secretary Dan Glickman and Governor Dirk Kempthorne announced a set of recommendations in June 2014.

In 2015, BPC announced the creation of the Congressional Patriot Award, a biennial recognition given to two current or former members of the United States House of Representatives—one Democrat and one Republican—who have performed patriotic deeds worthy of remembrance.

The first awards were given to Representative Sam Johnson, a Republican from Texas, and Representative John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia, in a ceremony at the Library of Congress on March 15, 2016.