The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank that promotes bipartisanship.[2] The organization aims to combine ideas from both the Republican and Democratic parties to address challenges in the United States such as those around energy and the national debt.[3]
History
BPC was founded as a non-profit organization in 2007[2][4] by former Senate majority leadersHoward Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George J. Mitchell.[3] While BPC was formally launched in March 2007, the organization's roots trace back to 2002, when the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), predecessor to BPC's current Energy Project, was founded.[5][6]
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.[7]
The organization was critiqued in 2013 as advancing the interests of its funders, including many corporations and industry associations who provide some operational support, while philanthropies fund much of the programmatic work.[10][11]
Political action committee
BPC partners with a political action committee called BPC Action. BPC Action is "committed to seeing bipartisan policy solutions enacted into law", and "[works] closely with [its] 501(c)(3) partner, the Bipartisan Policy Center, to advance smart policies through the legislative process". BPC Action is a separate, 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.[12][non-primary source needed]
