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Nancy Jacobson
Personal details
BornMiami, Florida, U.S.
Political partyIndependent
SpouseMark Penn
Children1 daughter, 3 stepchildren
EducationSyracuse University (BA)
American University (MA)

Nancy Jacobson is the founder and CEO of No Labels, a bipartisan political organization.[1] New York Times columnist David Brooks described her as an "undeterrable" leader. [1] She advocates for finding bipartisan approaches to solving current political issues.

The slogan of "No Labels" is Not left. Not right. Forward.[2] In 2007, Jacobson was named one of the 50 Most Powerful People in D.C. by GQ Magazine.[3]

Early career

Jacobson's first foray into political organizing occurred when she was a student at Syracuse University, where she organized a fundraising event to support then Senator Gary Hart’s 1984 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.[4] She supported Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 1988,[5] and on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1991, and was the finance director of the 1992 Presidential Inaugural Committee.[6] She later served as finance chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).[4] From 1995 through 2010, she was the national finance director for Sen. Evan Bayh. She oversaw his political and fundraising strategy during his 2008 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.[7]

No Labels

Jacobson founded No Labels in 2010 to promote bipartisanship.[8] The organization has put forth ideas that it believes will "put problem solving above politics".[9] via its booklets entitled Make the Presidency Work! [10], Make Government Work!,  Policy Playbook for America's Next President [11], and The Speaker Project.[12] A number of proposals from these booklets, including “No Budget, No Pay”, “Healthcare for Heroes,” and “Break the Gridlock” have been signed into law.[13][14][15]

To foster bipartisanship, No Labels began to encourage House members to meet each other to discuss issues together on a regular basis, ultimately inspiring the creation of the Problem Solvers Caucus. [16][17] This Caucus is a bloc of House members composed of Democrats and Republicans who by belonging to the group commit to finding bipartisan solutions.[13] During the 2017-2018 Congress, the Caucus grew to include 48 members. The Caucus has released bipartisan proposals on healthcare, [18] gun safety, infrastructure,[19] immigration[20] border security, [21] and COVID-19 relief. [22] The Caucus helped pass the bipartisan USMCA trade deal,[23] significant House rules reforms,[15] and major criminal justice and conservation bills.[24] No Labels is building a similar bipartisan working group in the Senate, pairing up Democratic and Republican lawmakers in both chambers to work out deals on some of the most intractable issues of recent years. [25]

Personal and family

Jacobson was born in Miami and graduated from Syracuse University.[7] She is married to Mark Penn, President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, former Democratic pollster and executive for Microsoft Corporation and Burson-Marsteller.[26] The couple met in 1996 when Evan Bayh, then governor of Indiana, introduced them at a Democratic Leadership Council event. They married in 1999. They have a daughter together and three children from Penn's previous marriage.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Brooks, David (29 November 2016). "The Future of the American Center". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Bai, Matt (December 13, 2010). "As Electoral Ground Shifts, Bloomberg Could Skip the Party". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Naddaf, Raha and Greg Veis (September 2007). "The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C." [1] GQ. Retrieved 2009-05-19
  4. ^ a b Shane, Cari (2010-12-14). "The Manufacturing of No Labels". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  5. ^ Keller, Emma Gilbey (2009-07-13). "Q & A with Nancy Jacobson". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  6. ^ "Key People- Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)". p2008.org. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  7. ^ a b c Baer, Susan (August 1, 2006). "When Marriage and Politics Conflict". Washingtonian.
  8. ^ "The Truth About No Labels | RealClearPolitics". www.realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  9. ^ Jordan, Chuck (2018-12-06). "Setting the record straight about No Labels". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  10. ^ Baker, Peter (2012-07-13). "'No Labels' Group Offers Ideas for More Effective Presidency". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  11. ^ "60 Ways to Fix the Economy". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  12. ^ Hulse, Carl (2018-06-16). "Can the House Speakership Be Saved? These Lawmakers Have an Idea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  13. ^ a b Clift, Eleanor (11 April 2015). "The Only Bipartisan Game in Town". The Daily Beast.
  14. ^ Yingling, Jennifer (2014-02-25). "Working together to take care of our service men, women and returning vets". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  15. ^ a b "The Democratic House wants to reform democracy. It's not a panacea — but it's a start". The Washington Post. January 3, 2019.
  16. ^ "Nancy Jacobson | Rebuilding the Political Divide With Fewer Labels and More Conversations". donothing. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  17. ^ "A Call to Revive America's Political Center | RealClearPolitics". www.realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  18. ^ "Don't Tell a Soul: There's a Secret Bipartisan Health Plan". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  19. ^ Shelbourne, Mallory (2018-01-10). "Bipartisan group of lawmakers offers ideas for infrastructure plan". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  20. ^ Tal Kopan. "Bipartisan House group unveils new DACA proposal". CNN. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  21. ^ Clift, Eleanor (11 April 2015). "The Only Bipartisan Game in Town". The Daily Beast. [verification needed]
  22. ^ "Here's a proposal that could lead Congress out of its impasse on pandemic relief". The Washington Post.
  23. ^ "Battleground Democrats make USMCA push amid impeachment furor". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  24. ^ "Congress passes sprawling plan to boost conservation, parks". AP NEWS. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  25. ^ "Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Named Co-Chair Of Bipartisan Group No Labels". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  26. ^ TADENA, NATHALIE (Jun 17, 2015). "Microsoft's Mark Penn Forms New Digital Marketing Investment Group". WallStreetJournal.

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