Bipartisan Policy Center
Background
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that describes itself as โa Washington, DC-based think tank that actively fosters bipartisanship by combining the best ideas from both parties to promote health, security, and opportunity for all Americans.โ1โAbout,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived March 16, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u0S9k
The BPC has previously described itself as an โincubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics and business leaders in the art of principled compromise.โ According to a page on the groupโs website that was archived in 2009, the Bipartisan Policy Center was established by former senators Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), Bob Dole (R-Kansas) and George J. Mitchell (D-Maine).2โAbout Us,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived March 15, 2009. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/gzBVX
BPC formally launched in March 2007. The National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), which BPC describes as the predecessor to its current Energy Project, was founded in 2002.3โAbout,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived March 16, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u0S9k
Oil & Gas Funding
According to 2013 reporting by The Washington Post4โAt the Bipartisan Policy Center, is cash the real divide?โ The Washington Post, August 15, 2013. Archived April 20, 2021., as well as a profile published by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, the Bipartisan Policy Center has a history of getting a โfree rideโ from the press as it โroutinely advocates, under the guise of independent scholarship, for policies that benefit its donors.โ5โThe Bipartisan Lobbying Center,โ Harvard University: The Lab @ Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Archived July 30, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/yaLyX
Those donors include energy companies, oil companies, and energy trade organizations, such as ExxonMobil and Americaโs Natural Gas Alliance.
BPC Action / Bipartisan Policy Center Advocacy Network
BPC Action is the Bipartisan Policy Centerโs political action committee. โWe are committed to seeing bipartisan policy solutions enacted into law, and we work closely with our 501(c)(3) partner, the Bipartisan Policy Center, to advance smart policies through the legislative process,โ the BPC Actionโs website reads.6โAbout Us,โ BPC Action. Archived March 17, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/25B6w
BPC Action previously went by the name Bipartisan Policy Center Advocacy Network (BPCAN), which โwork[ed] directly with Congress and the administrationโtranslating BPC projects into workable proposals and finding common ground between Democrats and Republicans,โ according to the groupโs 2013 annual report.7โBipartisan Policy Center Advocacy Networkโ (PDF), Bipartisan Policy Network, 2014.
BPCโs 2011 annual report (2011) outlined its โAdvocacy Networkโ as follows: โBPCAN pairs the substantive analysis of BPC with strong advocacy efforts and ongoing strategic engagement with the legislative process. The sister organizations work as complementary efforts: BPC impacts the public dialogue and then BPCAN influences the policy outcomes.โ8โNew Heights: Shaping the Perspectiveโ (PDF), Bipartisan Policy Center, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Bipartisan Policy Center Lobbying
According to data from OpenSecrets.org, a project of the Center for Responsive Politics, BPCAN spent over $2 million lobbying in 2020.9โClient Profile: Bipartisan Policy Center,โ OpenSecrets.org. Accessed March 19, 2021.
Year | Lobbying Expenditure |
2020 | $2,040,000 |
2019 | $1,620,000 |
2018 | $1,280,000 |
2017 | $1,315,000 |
2016 | $1,367,712 |
Stance on Climate Change
The Bipartisan Policy Center has produced reports and white papers on climate policy, such as:
- โUnderstanding Border Carbon Adjustments,โ November 29, 2022
- โUsing Carbon Credits to Deploy Climate Solutions,โ November 9, 2022
- โThe Role of Categorial Exclusions in Achieving Net-Zero by 2050,โ September 27, 2022
- โThe Case for Federal Support to Advance Direct Air Capture,โ June 24, 2021
The BPC has also hosted panel discussions on energy policies, such as:
- โMining in the Future,โ December 21, 2022
- โNatural Climate Solutions: What We Know, How We Know It and Whatโs Next,โ June 29, 2022
- โCorporations and Climate: Potential Impacts of the SECโs Proposed New Rule,โ April 7, 2022
- โLeveraging Natural Gas Networks to Achieve Net-Zero,โ March 29, 2022
Funding
The information below is taken from IRS Form 990 filings, and data archived at the Conservative Transparency project. Note that not all individual values have been verified by DeSmog.
View the attached spreadsheet for additional details on the Bipartisan Policy Centerโs funding by year (.xlsx).
Donor | Total |
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | $12,552,500 |
John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | $6,594,000 |
Democracy Fund | $4,550,000 |
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | $3,610,750 |
Peter G. Peterson Foundation | $3,126,000 |
WK Kellogg Foundation | $2,326,908 |
Carnegie Corporation of New York | $1,625,500 |
The Scan Foundation | $1,115,905 |
Nuclear Energy Institute | $1,040,000 |
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | $937,502 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | $874,384 |
Denver Foundation | $629,100 |
American Natural Gas Alliance | $625,000 |
Exxon Mobil | $590,000 |
David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $535,000 |
The Heising-Simons Foundation | $525,000 |
Rockefeller Foundation | $500,000 |
Financial Services Forum | $500,000 |
Annie E Casey Foundation | $472,500 |
Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $450,000 |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $424,779 |
Climateworks Foundation | $380,000 |
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | $375,000 |
Alfred P Sloan Foundation | $349,989 |
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association | $280,000 |
Schwab Charitable Fund | $253,500 |
Robertson Foundation | $250,000 |
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | $237,100 |
The Kresge Foundation | $200,000 |
Smith Richardson Foundation | $200,000 |
Neo Philanthropic Action Fund | $200,000 |
Energy Foundation | $200,000 |
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | $200,000 |
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | $200,000 |
Edison Electric Institute | $200,000 |
Geisinger Health | $200,000 |
Ounce of Prevention Fund | $175,000 |
Democracy Fund Voice | $165,000 |
Lumina Foundation for Education | $158,800 |
PhRMA | $155,000 |
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | $150,000 |
National Association for the Education of Young Children | $135,000 |
HSAF | $132,000 |
Institute for Mental Health and Wellness | $125,000 |
Stuart Family Foundation | $125,000 |
Howard G Buffett Foundation | $125,000 |
The Ford Foundation | $100,000 |
Alliance for Early Success | $100,000 |
Strada Education Network | $100,000 |
American Council of Life Insurers | $100,000 |
American Bankers Association | $100,000 |
American Gas Association | $100,000 |
Chan Soon-Shion Family Foundation | $100,000 |
American Petroleum Institute | $75,000 |
Parekh Vora Charitable Foundation | $75,000 |
Henry M Jackson Endowment | $69,529 |
With Honor Action | $60,000 |
Charles G Koch Charitable Foundation | $60,000 |
Marguerite Casey Foundation | $50,000 |
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies | $50,000 |
Foundation for a Better World | $50,000 |
ECMC Foundation | $50,000 |
Rock Foundation | $50,000 |
Georgescu Family Foundation | $30,000 |
Jewish Community Federation of S F Marin Peninsula and Sonoma Counties | $25,000 |
FM Kirby Foundation | $20,000 |
Hertog Foundation | $5,000 |
Cedars Foundation | $1,000 |
Grand Total | $50,146,746 |
Donors
The following donors, including individuals, foundations, and corporations, have been listed in the Bipartisan Policy Centerโs annual reports:
BPC IRS Form 990 Filings
BPC Action IRS Form 990 Filings
BPC Annual Reports
Key People
See below for a list of key staff and leadership at the Bipartisan Policy Center, via data from the Internet Archive and publicly available IRS form 990 filings.
You can also view the data in the attached spreadsheet for a full list of Bipartisan Policy Centerโs key people by year (.xlsx).
BPC Action
Notable individuals:
- Doyle N. Beneby, Jr. โ Director at Capital Power Corporation, former CEO of Next Generation Power, former president and CEO of CPS Energy, former president of Exelon Energy10โDoyle Beneby,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- David W. Conover โ Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at Kinder Morgan since 2015.11โDave Conover,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Maria Contreras-Sweet โ Director at Sempra Energy since March 201712โMaria Contreras-Sweet,โ Sempra Energy. Archived April 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TSgYq
- John C. Danforth โ Former Dow Chemical Company board member13โDanforth leaves Dow board; appointed U.S. rep. to U.N.โ Midland Daily News, June 26, 2004. Archived April 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YeVK1
- C. Robert Henrikson โ Former president and CEO of MetLife, Inc. Has been a board member of Invesco.14โC. Robert Henrikson,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/2ZB1g 15โInvesco, Ltd.โ SourceWatch. Accessed April 1, 2021.
- Walter Isaacson โ Distinguished fellow at the Aspen Institute16โWalter Isaacson,โ Aspen Institute. Archived March 30, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/t8qnq
- Sasha Mackler โ Formerly oversaw market development and energy policy at Enviva, a biomass fuel supplier and led the CCS business at Summit Power Group17โSasha Mackler,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 7, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/qJRru
- Blaise Misztal โ Former fellow at the Hudson Institute, 2019 โ 202018โBlaise Misztal,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- John W. Rowe โ Former chairman and CEO of Exelon Corporation. Member of American Enterprise Instituteโs National Council.19โNational Council,โ AEI. Archived April 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Q4MtN
- Kristin M. Leary โ From 2002-2005, Director of State Affairs at the Chlorine Chemistry Council, part of the chemical industry trade association American Chemistry Council.20โKristin Leary,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 7, 2021.
- Susan N. Story โ Former president and CEO of Gulf Power Company, a Florida subsidiary of Southern Company. Also former Executive Vice President of Engineering and Construction Services of Southern Company.21โSusan Story,โ Alliance to Save Energy. Archived March 31, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jSreC
- Leana Wen โ Brookings Institution Nonresident Senior Fellow22โDr. Leana Wen,โ Brookings Institution. Archived April 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ZZLeX
- Eric Washburn โ Partner at BlueWater Strategies LLC,23โEric Washburn,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021. a group whose clients have included fossil fuel companies such as BP, Exelon, ConocoPhillips, Americaโs Natural Gas Alliance, and others.24โLobbying Firm Profile: BlueWater Strategies,โ OpenSecrets. Accessed April 2021.
- Geisha Williams โ Board chair of Osmose Utility Services. Board member of Siemens. Energy.25โGeishaWilliams,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FLKCT Former board member of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), former CEO and President of PG&E Corporation, former Vice President of Power Systems at Florida Power and Light Company26โGeisha Williams,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Mortimer Zuckerman โ Chairman and editor-in-chief of US News & World Report and publisher of New York Daily News27โMortimer B. Zuckerman,โ E.S. News & World Report. Archived April 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/42O1H
Leadership
- David W. Conover โ Joined Kinder Morgan as Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs in 201528โDave Conover,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- G. William Hoagland โ Former vice president of public policy for CIGNA Corporation.29โG. William Hoagland,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 7, 2021,. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Z8tk1
- Robert Traynhamโ Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Communications for the Senate Republican Conference, where he served Rick Santorum. Has been an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University.30โRobert Traynham,โ Aids Responsibility Project. Archived April 7, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/oyTsX
Experts & Fellows
- Katharine G. Abraham โ Research associate at the Brookings Institution, 1985 โ 198731โKatharine G. Abraham,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 19, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vP8r7
- Martin Neil Baily โ Senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution32โMartin Neil Baily,โ Brookings Institution. Archived April 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/d3MZJ
- George David Banks โ Executive vice president of the American Council on Capital Formation. Formerly worked with Boyden Gray & Associates. Former Washington, D.C. liaison for the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions.
- Haley Barbour โ Worked for the lobbying firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers,33โBarbour, Haley,โ OpenSecrets. Accessed April 19, 2021. which provided services34โDear Tommy,โ Barbour Griffith & Rogers, June 2, 2000. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents library. Bates No. 3981 -3983. to R.J. Reynolds. Former board member of the Washington Legal Foundation.35โLegal Policy Advisory Board,โ Washington Legal Foundation. Archived February 21, 2008. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/R8Kf2
- Samuel Brinton โ Listed on the Breakthrough Institute website, an organization founded by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus.36โSamuel Brinton,โ The Breakthrough Institute. Archived April 7, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/h6y67
- Theresa Cardinal Brown โ Former director of immigration and border policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2001 โ 2005).37โTheresa Cardinal Brown,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Jason J. Fichtner โ Former senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center38โJason J. Fichtner,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 20,2 021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Ps9qC
- John C. Fortier โ Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, 2020โpresent. AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project: principal contributor 2006โ11; research fellow, 2002โ11.39โJohn C. Fortier,โ American Enterprise Institute. Archived April 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O8hvL
- Steven F. Hayward โ Senior fellow in environmental studies at at the Pacific Research Institute (PRI); Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Also a director of the Donors Capital Fund (DCF); grant advisor for Searle Freedom Trust, board member of the Institute for Energy Research, Property and Environment Research Center (PERC).
- G. William Hoagland โ Former vice president of public policy for CIGNA Corporation40โG. William Hoagland,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 7, 2021,. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Z8tk1
- Ron Haskins โ Senior Fellow Emeritus in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution41โRon Haskins,โ Brookings Institution. Archived April 189, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/cx4wd
- Colette D. Honorable โ Former non-resident senior fellow at the Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, a Brookings Center project.42โCOLETTE D. HONORABLE,โ Brookings Institution. Archived April 7, 2021.
- Gregory Johnson โ Member of Leadership Council, Securing Americaโs Future Energy43 โENERGY SECURITY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL,โ SAFE. Archived April 19, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/L6VGt
- Abby McCloskey โ Member of American Enterprise InstituteโBrookings Institution paid leave working group, former Program Director for Economic Policy at AEI, 2013 โ 2014. Former policy associate at Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, 2008โ2009.44โAbby M. McCloskey,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Meghan McGuinness โ Before joining BPC, was a consultant at NERA Economic Consulting, 2008โ2009.45โMeghan McGuinness,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 7, 2021.
- Blaise Misztal โ Former fellow at the Hudson Institute , 2019 โ 202046โBlaise Misztal,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Alice M. Rivlin (1931 โ 2019) โ Former senior fellow for economic studies at the Brookings Institution47โALICE M. RIVLIN,โ Brookings Institution. Archived April 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/p0ZSx
- Avik Roy โ Former visiting fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation,48โAvik Roy,โ Texas Public Policy Foundation. Archived April 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7NTnk. President of Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP).49โFREOPP Leadership: Avik Roy,โ FREOPPP, September 12, 2016. Archived April 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/9XKgx
- Timothy Shaw โ Left BPC to work at The Aspen Institute (October 2019).50โTim Shaw,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 7, 2021.
- Dennis C. Shea โ Non-resident adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies51โDennis C. Shea,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- John Soroushian โ Formerly worked at Brookings Institution, 2010 โ 201252โJohn Babak Soroushian,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Phillip L. Swagel โ Non-resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.53โWhat President Obama can do to achieve an economic legacy,โ American Enterprise Institute, October 8, 2014. Archived April 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vYHnu Affiliated with AEI since 2005.54โPhillip Swagel will be an excellent CBO director,โ American Enterprise Institute, May 16, 2019. Archived April 8, 2021, Archive URL:https://archive.ph/CtRzO
- Jim Talent โ Peabody Energy, via lobbying by Mercury Public Affairs โ where Talent was co-chair.55Farron Cousins. โTop Romney Advisor Touts Coal, Fails To Mention His Role As Coal Lobbyist,โ DeSmog, October 1, 2012.
- Susan Tierney โ Former member of the National Petroleum Council (as of 2010/2011).56โMembers by Name,โ NPC.org. Archived June 16, 2012. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/cI0MV
- Tommy G. Thompson โ Has been on the advisory board of the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF), a group which opposed tobacco control.57โLegal Policy Advisory Board,โ Washington Legal Foundation. Archived June 1, 2004. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LfHbs Recipient of the American Legislative Exchange Councilโs 1991 Thomas Jefferson Award.โ58โGovernor Tommy G. Thompson of Wisconsinโ (PDF), Kaiser Network. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Roger Wallace โ Has been Vice President for Government Affairs at Pioneer Natural Resources Company, an independent oil and gas company based in Irving, Texas.59โBoard and Advisory Council,โ Inter-American-Foundation. Archived July 28, 2006. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ZV63l
- Matthew Weil โ Former research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute, where he helped launch AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project60โMatthew Weil,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Vin Weber โ Co-director of Empower America61โVin Weber,โ Clark and Weinstock. Archived August 12, 2002. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/0wa6m; co-director of the Aspen Instituteโs Domestic Strategy Group;62โVin Weber,โ Aspen Institute. Archived April 19, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LqXsy board member of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW).63(Press Release). โCAGW Announces Former Rep. Vin Weberโs Addition to the Board,โ Citizens Against Government Waste, January 24, 2001. Archived December 15, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7w7Kq
Staff
- Katharine G. Abraham โ Research associate at the Brookings Institution, 1985 โ 198764โKatharine G. Abraham,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 19, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vP8r7
- Loren Adler โ Associate Director of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, 2016 โ present; research associate at NERA Economic Consulting, 2007 โ 2008.65โLoren Adler,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Haley Barbour โ R.J. Reynolds lobbyist; former board member of the Washington Legal Foundation.66โBarbour, Haley,โ OpenSecrets. Accessed April 19, 2021. 67โDear Tommy,โ Barbour Griffith & Rogers, June 2, 2000. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents library. Bates No. 3981 -3983. 68โLegal Policy Advisory Board,โ Washington Legal Foundation. Archived February 21, 2008. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/R8Kf2
- Benjamin Brophy โ Former Director of Digital Strategy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and former New Media Director for Public Notice, 2011 โ 2012.69โBen Brophy,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Theresa Cardinal Brown โ Former Director of Immigration and Border Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 2001 โ 2005.70โTheresa Cardinal Brown,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Maria Contreras-Sweet โ Director at Sempra Energy since March 201771โMaria Contreras-Sweet,โ Sempra Energy. Archived April 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TSgYq
- John C. Fortier โ Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, 2020โpresent. AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project: principal contributor 2006โ11; research fellow, 2002โ11.72โJohn C. Fortier,โ American Enterprise Institute. Archived April 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O8hvL
- Ben Gitis โ Former member of the American Enterprise InstituteโBrookings Institution Working Group on Paid Family Leave;73โBen Gitis,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 20, 2021. Archive URL:https://archive.ph/o37BP Director of Labor Market Policy at the American Action Forum.74โBen Gitis,โ American Enterprise Institute. Archived April 20, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/JlE95
- Alex Gold โ Former research associate at the Brookings Institution75โAlex Gold,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Ron Haskins โ Senior Fellow Emeritus in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution76โRon Haskins,โ Brookings Institution. Archived April 189, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/cx4wd
- G. William Hoagland โ Former vice president of public policy for CIGNA Corporation77โG. William Hoagland,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 7, 2021,. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Z8tk1
- Blake Johnson โ Interned in government relations at the Heritage Foundation, 2006.78โBlake Johnson,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Garrett Langdon โ Former director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Sigma Energy Ventures, an oil and gas exploration company79โGarrett Langdon, MBA,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Lourdes Long โ Went on to multiple positions at Chevron after leaving BPC, most recently in corporate business development.80โLourdes Long,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Sasha Mackler โ Formerly oversaw market development and energy policy at Enviva, a biomass fuel supplier, and led the carbon capture and storage (CCS) business at Summit Power Group.81โSasha Mackler,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 7, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/qJRru
- Meghan McGuinness โ Before joining BPC, was a consultant at NERA Economic Consulting, 2008โ2009.82โMeghan McGuinness,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 7, 2021.
- Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill โ Former executive director of the Fund for Academic Renewal, a program of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)83โJacqueline Pfeffer Merrill,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived April 19, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jlXMT
- Blaise Misztal โ Former fellow at the Hudson Institute, 2019 โ 202084โBlaise Misztal,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Rachel Orey โ Interned at the Brookings Institution85โRachel Orey,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 19, 2021.
- Kelly Parsons โ Became Media Relations Coordinator at The Brookings Institution in November 2020, after leaving BPC.86โKelly Parsons,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April, 2021.
- Devon M. Rodonets โ Former public affairs coordinator at the Aspen Institute87โThe 2011 Aspen Security Forumโ (PDF), Aspen Institute, July 2011. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Timothy Shaw โ Left BPC to work at The Aspen Institute, October 2019.88โTim Shaw,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 7, 2021.
- Toby Z. Rice โ President and CEO of EQT Corporation, one of the largest natural gas producers in the United States89โBiden unveils his infrastructure vision,โ Politico, March 31, 2021. Archived March 31, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/C0TNZ
- Jonathan Ruhe โ Former researcher at the Hudson Institute, 2005 โ 200990โJonathan Ruhe,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April, 2021.
- Amelia Shister โ Former project coordinator at the Brookings Institution, 2014 โ 2016.91โAmelia Shister,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- John Soroushian โ Formerly worked at the Brookings Institution92โJohn Babak Soroushian,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
- Matthew Weil โ Former research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute, where he helped launch AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project.93โMatthew Weil,โ LinkedIn. Accessed April 2021.
Actions
March 2021
George David Banks, former executive vice president of the Koch-funded American Council for Capital Formation,94โGeorge David Banks,โ LinkedIn. Accessed March 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. joined the Bipartisan Policy Center as a fellow.95โGeorge David Banks Joins the Bipartisan Policy Center as Fellow,โ Bipartisan Policy Center, March 16, 2021. Archived March 22, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/P2L3h
โWeโre proud to welcome David as a fellow in our Energy Project. Dave has tremendous experience working with Republicans on energy and climate policy issues both in Congress and the executive branch,โ said BPC Energy Project Director Sasha Mackler in an announcement.96โGeorge David Banks Joins the Bipartisan Policy Center as Fellow,โ Bipartisan Policy Center, March 16, 2021. Archived March 22, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/P2L3h
Banks formerly worked under Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a notorious climate change denier, at the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. During the Trump administration, Banks was a Special Assistant for International Energy and Environment at the National Economic and National Security Councils.
2020
BPC lobbied on the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020 (S. 3894/H.R. 7393), which would have introduced a โa voluntary framework for certifying third-party creditsโ for carbon.97โIssues Lobbied By Bipartisan Policy Center, 2020,โ Opensecrets. Accessed March 19, 2021. 98โIn Support of The Growing Climate Solutions Act (S.3894/H.R.7393),โ R Street, July 29, 2020. Archived March 19, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TsL0a
More than 200 groups, including representatives from farmer, farmworker, environmental justice, climate, environmental, faith-based, and animal welfare organizations signed an open letter to members of Congress in opposition to the bill, which stated in part:
โโฆthis legislation will allow greenhouse gas emissions to continue unchecked and will undermine efforts to build a healthy, sustainable, and resilient food system.99โOver 200 Organizations Reject โGrowing Climate Solutions Actโ,โ Food & Water Watch, October 15, 2020. Archived March 19, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/M2yFh
โCarbon markets fail to reduce emissions overall and exacerbate pollution hot-spots in low-wealth communities and communities of color, the groups said. Power plants and industrial polluters, disproportionately located in these communities, purchase credits that allow them to continue burning toxic fossil fuels releasing harmful pollutants that compromise local health and well-being.โ
In a press release announcing the open letter, Mitch Jones, Policy Director of Food & Water Action, stated that โthe misguided Growing Climate Solutions Act will allow corporations to indulge in more fracking and other forms of fossil fuel pollution, while creating a stream of bogus carbon reduction โcreditsโ that will benefit industrial agriculture and factory farming. Rather than promoting feel good policies that merely perpetuate the status quo, we need bold action from Congress that will create real climate solutions that promote sustainable agriculture and an end to fossil fuels.โ
July 30, 2020
BPCโs Energy Project launched a โFarm and Forest Carbon Solutions Initiativeโ on July 30, 2020.100(Press Release). โBPC Announces Launch of the Farm and Forest Carbon Solutions Initiative,โ Bipartisan Policy Center, July 30, 2020. Archived March 22, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/0XMqx
August 12, 2013
According to a report by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen titled โMade in the Shade: An examination of whether the Bipartisan Policy Center is truly neutral,โ 101โMade in the Shade: AN EXAMINATION OF WHETHER THE BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER IS TRULY NEUTRALโ (PDF), Public Citizen, 2013. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog., BPC โmade a series of bank-friendly financial policy recommendationsโ while receiving funding from banks โand the intellectual support of individuals linked with those banks.โ102(Press Release). โBipartisan Policy Centerโs Financial Policy Initiative Dominated by Individuals Tied to Big Banks, Recommends Bank-Friendly Policies, New Public Citizen Report Finds,โ Public Citizen, August 12, 2013. Archived October 25, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/sJoem
July 2013
In the wake of two tragedies at Bangladeshi garment factories that killed more than 1200 workers: 2013โs Rana Plaza factory collapse and 2012โs Tazreen Fashion factory fire, the Bipartisan Policy Center released the โGlobal Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.โ The Nation reported that the BPC had โsignificant financial ties to the [major U.S.] retailersโ backing the plan, including the law firm Alston & Bird, one of numerous registered lobbying firms representing Walmart.103Lee Fang. โThink Tank Releasing Rival Bangladesh Safety Accord Receives Funds From Walmart and Its Lobbyists,โ The Nation, July 9, 2013. Archived April 20, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/PytzJ
The BPCโs plan was intended to rival the โAccord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh,โ a prior agreement signed by more than 70 companies and โlargely welcomed by labor rights NGOs for ensuring international inspectors into facilities, greater contractor transparency and for a requirement that retailers fund necessary safety upgrades at garment factories.โ104Lee Fang. โThink Tank Releasing Rival Bangladesh Safety Accord Receives Funds From Walmart and Its Lobbyists,โ The Nation, July 9, 2013. Archived April 20, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/PytzJ
In contrast, according to The Nation, the BPCโs plan was โpanned by critics as a smokescreen designed to help them skirt responsibility for fixing their factory โdeathtraps.'โ105Lee Fang. โThink Tank Releasing Rival Bangladesh Safety Accord Receives Funds From Walmart and Its Lobbyists,โ The Nation, July 9, 2013. Archived April 20, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/PytzJ
Related Organizations
- BPC Action
- Bipartisan Policy Center Advocacy Network (BPCAN)
Contact & Address
According to the BPC website, the groupโs mailing address, phone number, and email are :106โAbout,โ Bipartisan Policy Center. Archived March 16, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u0S9k
1225 Eye Street, NW Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-204-2400
bipartisaninfo@bipartisanpolicy.org
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- Bipartisan Policy Center โ SourceWatch profile
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