Bipartisan Meetings

Images illustrating high-level meetings with government officials discussing policies and initiatives, capturing moments of engagement and leadership.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on housing refinance at a roundtable on Housing refinance in the Roosevelt Room of the White House

President Barack Obama and House Republican Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) gesture while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) look on during a meeting of bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss working together on issues surrounding the economy and jobs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Feb. 10, 2010.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on housing refinance at a roundtable on Housing refinance in the Roosevelt Room of the White House

Members of the Cabinet applaud President Barack Obama the day after he delivered a major health care reform speech to a joint session of Congress, Sept. 10, 2009. From left; Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the President, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, meet with bipartisan members of the House to discuss infrastructure Thursday, March 4, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

President Barack Obama attends a bipartisan meeting of freshman House members in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 17, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with advisors in the Oval Office before making a statement on the American auto industry, March 30, 2009.

President Barack Obama preps with staff in the Cabinet Room of the White House before interviews, March 27, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with the National Governors Association Executive Committee in the Oval Office, Jan. 6, 2015. Seated clockwise from the President are Gov. John Hickenlooper, D- Colo., NGA Chair; Gov. Gary Herbert, R-Utah, NGA Vice Chair; Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett; Jerry Abramson, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs; Adrian Saenz, Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs; Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C. and Gov. Mark Dayton, D-Minn.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander hosts the minister of defense for Cyprus, Charalambos Petrides, for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 1, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

President Barack Obama meets with business and environmental leaders in the Roosevelt Room, Dec. 9, 2009.

President Donald Trump signs the $8 billion emergency funding bill to fight the Coronavirus pandemic in the US. Standing beside him is Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar (BSLOC_2020_2_234)

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland participates in a bilateral meeting with Ecuador Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo in New York, on September 20, 2021.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., while sitting in the Outer Oval Office, March 26, 2015. Brian Mosteller, Director of Oval Office Operations, works at his desk.

President Barack Obama holds a meeting with Cabinet secretaries, former Transportation secretaries, mayors and governors regarding infrastructure investment, in the State Dining Room of the White House, October 11, 2010.

President Barack Obama convenes a meeting in the Oval Office to discuss the impending deadline for funding the Department of Homeland Security, Feb. 27, 2015. Seated with the President from left are: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Shaun Donovan, Director Office of Management and Budget; Press Secretary Josh Earnest; Martin Paone, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and Senate Liaison; Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer; Senior Advisor Brian Deese; Amy Rosenbaum, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; and Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2021.

August 4, 2015 "The President reacts to a comment during a meeting in the Cabinet Room with American Jewish community leaders to discuss the Iran nuclear agreement."

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on U.S. foreign policy at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.

President Barack Obama works on a statement to the press after a phone call with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Oval Office, Jan. 28, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden, center right, and members of the national security team work with the President.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Oath of Office for Region 3 Administrator taken by Shawn Garvin , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

President Barack Obama is congratulated by advisors on the agreement to extend the payroll tax cut, before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Dec. 22, 2011. Standing at the table, from left, are: Jack Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan; Gene Sperling, National Economic Council Director; Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Brian Deese, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury ; and Alan Krueger, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

The Presidents lnteragency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking meets at the White House to discuss the Administration�s efforts to tackle human trafficking, on October 11, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on August 6, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on our efforts in Afghanistan since August 14 and the way forward, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

Office of the Administrator - Neal Degraase Tyson , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on Modernizing American Diplomacy at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, on October 27, 2021.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan working at his desk, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, July 15, 1988

President Barack Obama has lunch with Cabinet secretaries in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, April 19, 2011. Attending the lunch from left are: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki; and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with CEOs and other leaders to discuss practices for hiring the long-term unemployed, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Jan. 31, 2014.

The Brady press briefing room and West Wing of the White House

President Barack Obama and health care executives leave the State Dining Room of the White House following a press briefing Monday, May 11, 2009. Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson. This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

President Barack Obama meets with a bipartisan group of Senators in the Cabinet Room of the White House, to discuss passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation, June 29, 2010.

Office of the Administrator - Portrait Unveiling , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holgu�n from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 28, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm presents the funding award to agencies in response to the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Advancing Net-Zero Federal Facilities Federal Agency Call at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

July 7, 2009 Access is usually not nearly as good for me in other countries because the host country dictates what I can and can not do. So I was a bit surprised that I was able to photograph this breakfast meeting between President Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin in Moscow.”

Jimmy Carter gives address to the nation on energy from the oval office. circa 04/18/1977.

President Barack Obama meets with Senate Democrats to discuss health care legislation. June 2, 2009. left to right: Senator Max Baucus, D-MT President Obama, Christopher Dodd, D-CN

President Bush announces Mike McConnell to replace Negroponte as director of national intelligence

President Barack Obama talks with Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, before a call in the Oval Office, Aug. 10, 2011. Pictured, from left, are; Caroline Atkinson, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs; NSC Deputy Executive Secretary Valerie Boyd; Liz Sherwood-Randall, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for European Affairs; and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.

Treasury Security Timothy Geithner (left), Director of Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel listen during the daily economic briefing in the Oval Office, May 29, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, left, and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2014.

NASA-USAID MoU Signing Ceremony. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson meets with USAID Administrator Samantha Power and staff prior to signing a NASA-USAID Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The MoU will enhance and expand the Agencies longstanding partnership that promotes science and technology solutions to address international development challenges in areas such as global health, climate change, food security, disaster mitigation and response, biodiversity conservation, and environmental management for sustainable development.

Vice President Mike Pence ask questions of former NASA astronauts Eileen Collins, Terry Virts and Scott Parazynski during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, the council's role is to advise the President regarding national space policy and strategy, and review the nation's long-range goals for space activities.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 2021.

President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., prior to entering the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for his address to a Joint Session of Congress to outline the American Jobs Act, Sept. 8, 2011.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Greets Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis

Former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III stands by the chair he used as a Cabinet officer - lined with brass plates for each office he held - after he welcomed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to his private office on April 26, 2016, at Rice University�s Baker Institute in Houston, Texas, before Secretary Kerry delivered a speech at Secretary Baker's namesake institution about religion and foreign policy.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2022.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a department press briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2021.

President Bush announces Mike McConnell to replace Negroponte as director of national intelligence

President Barack Obama holds a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, July 26, 2012.

On his first day in office, President Barack Obama speaks with a foreign leader in the Oval Office, Jan. 21, 2009.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Office of the Secretary - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT SIGNING CEREMONY

President Barack Obama shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after signing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., July 21, 2010.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu; Air Force Chief scientist Victoria Coleman; and Deputy Director of the Air Force Concepts, Development and Management Office Tawanda Rooney hold a press briefing to announce a university-affiliated research center initiative with historically Black colleges and universities, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 27, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

President Barack Obama makes a point during one in a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon is pictured at right.

Senators work together on immigration reform

President Obama at FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Jan. 17, 2014 "Sometimes a unique angle makes all the difference. Lawrence Jackson scouted out a balcony position in the New Executive Office Building to photograph the President as he signed H.R. 3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, which at the time provided fiscal year 2014 appropriations."

President Barack Obama and Staff Secretary Lisa Brown on the Colonnade prior to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act Bill signing ceremony, March 30, 2009.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to expand a public health partnership between the United States and the African Union, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.

Office of the Secretary - PEC PRESS EVENT

President Joe Biden prepares remarks regarding the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack and resumption of operations, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and President of the Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (CNES) Dr. Philippe Baptiste sign the Artemis Accords and a Joint Statement Tuesday, June 7, 2022, prior to the CNES 60th Anniversary event at the French Ambassadors Residence in Washington. France is the twentieth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASAs Artemis program.

Office of the Secretary - BULGARIAN EMBASSY

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2022.

President Barack Obama participates in a discussion with moderator Takunda Chingonzo at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2014.

Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs David R. Stilwell delivers remarks to the press, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2020.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Chris Israel Testifies House Judicial Subcommittee On Courts

Office of the Secretary - PEC PRESS EVENT

Office of the Administrator - Agency Headquarters Renaming Ceremony - ceremony to mark the renaming of the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in honor of President Bill Clinton , Environmental Protection Agency

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 2021.

Staff and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) discuss security measures aboard Air Force One during the flight from Istanbul, Turkey to Baghdad, Iraq. National Security Advisor Gen. James "Jim" Jones and Rahm Emanuel on phones. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Congressional Delegations in Munich, Germany, on February 14, 2020.

Office of Cooperative Environmental Management - Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) History Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers welcome remarks to State Department employees in the main lobby of the Department's Harry S. Truman building on his first day as Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 2017.

Office of the Administrator - Women in Diplomacy , Environmental Protection Agency

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken names Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2021.

Businessman looking out of a window in an airplane

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm presents the funding award to agencies in response to the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Advancing Net-Zero Federal Facilities Federal Agency Call at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - 14th National Marine Sanctuary President George W. Bush and Secretary Gutierrez

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Iraq Minister Dr. Addal-Falah Al-Sudani

Vice President Kamala Harris talks on the phone with President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in her West Wing Office of the White House.

Office of the Secretary - BROADBAND EVENT WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Colorado Senator, and nominee as next Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar

Economic Development Administration - DR. DAVID SAMPSON HEARING

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