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In her book, 鈥淔ighting for Common Ground,鈥� Olympia Snowe, the former senator from Maine, writes that the 鈥渇astest way鈥� for citizens to push for compromise in Congress is to 鈥渟upport the efforts of existing national groups鈥� that advocate bipartisanship. She recommends the following eight organizations, urging people to 鈥渂rowse their websites, visit them on Facebook, and follow them on Twitter.鈥� Several of them invite direct citizen participation.

Bipartisan Policy Center聽is a think tank started by four former Republican and Democratic Senate majority leaders to research and advocate bipartisan solutions to national problems.

No Labels is a citizens鈥� movement of Republicans, Democrats, and independents that promotes 鈥渢he politics of problem solving.鈥� It has organized a bipartisan group of members of Congress to meet regularly.

Republican Main Street Partnership聽is a group of 鈥渕ain stream鈥� fiscally conservative elected leaders and others promoting 鈥減ragmatic鈥� and 鈥渃ommon sense鈥� solutions in government.

Third Way聽is a progressive think tank that focuses on the 鈥渧ital center,鈥� compromise, and moderate policy recommendations.聽

Campaign to Fix the Debt is a nonpartisan movement to put America on a better fiscal and economic path. It offers a 鈥渢ool kit鈥� for citizen action.

National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona聽was established shortly after the 2011 shooting in Tucson. It is a research and advocacy center focused on promoting civil discourse in politics and the media.

The Village Square聽is a local, nonpartisan public education forum 鈥� not an advocacy group 鈥� that promotes fact-based discussion of local, state, and national issues and is based in Tallahassee, Fla.聽

Olympia鈥檚 List聽is a committee founded by Ms. Snowe to support candidates who believe in 鈥渂uilding consensus.鈥澛�

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