Former Senator Olympia Snowe to discuss American political reform at Stanford

On Tuesday, November 11, the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law’s (CDDRL) Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective, in partnership with the Haas Center for Public Service and Stanford in Government, will welcome former Senator Olympia Snowe and Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) President Jason Grumet for a special town hall meeting on American bipartisanship and the prospects for political reform. 

On the heels of the mid-term elections that ushered in a new Republican dominated Congress, Snowe and Grumet will provide insight on how to ease the partisan gridlock in Washington.

Snowe, who serves as co-chair of the BPC, retired from her Senate seat in 2013 on account of overburdening partisanship. Representing the state of Maine, Snowe served as the first female in history to be elected in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress.

As co-founder and president of the Bipartisanship Policy Center, Grumet is spearheading efforts to build bipartisan solutions to many of today’s hot button policy issues, including: immigration reform, health care and energy security.

Together, both Senator Snow and Grumet will tap their knowledge and experience to prescribe a blueprint for improved bipartisanship in America.

Launched in 2013, CDDRL’s Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective aims to examine what policy initiatives and institutional reforms have the greatest potential to address those features of American democracy that are most impairing its performance.

To find out more information on this event and to RSVP, please visit the event page.

To follow along by Twitter, the event will be live tweeted at #StanfordSnowe. 

This event is free and open to the public.