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114th Congress (2015-2016) Bipartisan Index Scores (April 26, 2017)

• Bipartisan Index Press Release (April 26, 2016)
• Senator Lugar discusses the Bipartisan Index on Sirius XM's POTUS "Middway Briefing" program (Tim Farley, Sirius XM's POTUS Politics)
• Senate Republicans Became More Bipartisan in the Last Congress - Democrats, Not So Much (Sean McMinn, Roll Call)
• Collins again ranked most bipartisan U.S. senator (Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News)
• Collins and King: Divides in Washington Reflect Divisions in America (Kailani Koenig, NBC News)
• Maine's senators diagnose America's political divide on 'Meet the Press' (Beth Quimby, Portland Press Herald)
• Bipartisan Index rates Wisconsin's Congress members (WSAU)
• Texas senators rarely cross party lines, but Rep. Henry Cuellar is proud of bipartisan rating (Rhonda Fanning, The Texas Standard)
• Red-State Dems May Reach Across Aisle Ahead of 2018 (Ford Carson, Real Clear Politics)
• Partisan politics in the age of Trump? These N.J. Republicans work with Democrats (Jonathan Salant, NJ.com)
• Massachusetts Weak in Congress Bipartisan Ranking (Jon Keller, CBS Boston)

114th Congress First Session (2015) Bipartisan Index Scores (March 7, 2016)

• Bipartisan Index Press Release (March 7, 2016)
• Introductory op-ed: "Bipartisanship in Congress: Some progress, still a long way to go" (Former U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar and Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Dean Edward Montgomery, The Hill)
• "Meet the 5 most bipartisan politicians in Congress" (Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor)
• "When even failure on gun control feels like a small victory" (Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor)
• "Terrorism a bipartisan concern" (Liam Marlaire, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram)
• "Low scores for cooperation to Wisconsin's congressional delegation" (Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal)
• "Lugar, Hamilton will discuss civility in American politics at USI" (Tim Ethridge, Evansville Courier & Press)
• "Bridging the Gap" (The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
• "Sen. Portman, Rep. Joyce excel in bipartisanship test on Hill" (David Skolnick, The Youngstown Vindicator)
• "Fighting for the lost art of bipartisanship" (Matt Tully, The Indianapolis Star)
• "Senator Lugar discusses the Bipartisan Index" (Tim Farley, Sirius XM's POTUS Politics)
• "Do Partisan Senators Make Better Presidential Candidates" (Nora Kelly, The Atlantic)
• "Study Finds Sanders, Cruz to Be Senate's Most Partisan Members" (Rob Garver, The Fiscal Times)
• "And the most partisan senator of 2015 is..." (Amber Phillips, The Washington Post)
• "Sanders, Cruz top list of most partisan senators" (Nick Gass, Politico)
• "Two Presidential Hopefuls Rank as Least Bipartisan Senators" (Alex Gangitano, Roll Call)

Lifetime Bipartisan Index Senate Scores (December 15, 2015):

• Bipartisan Index Press Release (December 15, 2015)
• Introductory op-ed: "Real conservatives and real progressives can get things done" (Former U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar and Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Dean Edward Montgomery, The Hill)
• Senator Lugar's ranking on the Bipartisan Index (Maureen Groppe, The Indianapolis Star)
• "Bipartisan Ranking of Senators" (C-SPAN Washington Journal)
• "How do we know how Congress is doing?" (The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)
• "Senator Lugar discusses the Bipartisan Index" (Tim Farley, Sirius XM's POTUS Politics)

Bipartisan Index Launch (May 19, 2015)

• Bipartisan Index Press Release (May 19, 2015)

• Introductory op-ed: "Reviving the Lost Art of Bipartisanship" (Former U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar and Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Dean Edward Montgomery, Roll Call)

• "Anarchy in the House" (Geoffrey Kabaservice, The New York Times)
• "'Bipartisan' shouldn't be a dirty word for members of Congress" (David Haynes, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
• "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most bipartisan of them all?" (Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star)
• "Why Can't Congress Just Get Along?" (Tom Ashbrook, NPR News)
• "Capitol cooperation" (Tim Harmon, The Journal Gazette)
• "How Bipartisan Are Our Politicians?" (Marlon Wallace, WBOC16)
• "Lugar's List" (Steven R. Peck, The Ranger)
• "Being bipartisan in Congress doesn't mean trading values" (Mark Schoeff Jr., Howey Politics Indiana) 
• "Bipartisanship in Congress" (C-SPAN Washington Journal) 
• "Senator Lugar discusses the Bipartisan Index" ( Tim Farley, Sirius XM's POTUS Politics) 
• "New rankings grade members of Congress on bipartisanship" (Luke Russert, MSNBC)
• "Ranking the Senate's Would-Be Presidents by Partisanship" (Ben Brody, Bloomberg Politics) 
• "Bipartisanship studied in the age of gridlock" (Lynn Sweet, The Chicago Sun-Times)
• "Lugar Center Index Ranks Lawmakers on Bipartisanship" (Andrew Desiderio, Real Clear Politics)
• "Former Senator Unveils Bipartisan Measure of Congress" (Carl Hulse, The New York Times)
• "Lugar Center Study reveals a very partisan Indiana delegation" (Mark Schoeff Jr., Howey Politics Indiana)
• "New analysis shows an increasingly partisan Congress" (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• "Congress growing more partisan, index shows" (Maureen Groppe, The Indianapolis Star)