Sentences with phrase «congressional leaders passed»

In 2001, President George W. Bush and a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders passed the No Child Left Behind Act («NCLB») that sought to improve public education through greater accountability.

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(Bloomberg)-- The White House is scaling back its plan to seek cuts from already - passed spending bills in the face of resistance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and spending panel Republicans, two GOP congressional aides briefed on the plan said Thursday.

Unsure whether the congressional spending package referred to by many in Washington, D.C., as the «cromnibus» had enough votes to pass, House GOP leaders delayed a final vote Thursday afternoon, but, after 9 p.m., they managed to pass the bill 219 - 206.

Kids In Danger commends Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL - 9), Representative Bobby Rush (IL - 1) and US Senator Dick Durbin (IL) along with other congressional leaders and consumer groups who worked to pass the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) to improve children's product safety.

Congressional leaders have agreed to put $ 1 billion worth of summer jobs - for - youth funding in must - pass tax extenders.

A day after a vote was scrapped in the U.S. Senate on a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare after congressional leaders said the votes weren't there, Trump said he expects to get the bill passed early next year «long before the November election.»

Then again, any change to the aviation law will also have to pass muster with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat who was the leading congressional figure behind the aviation safety law that Thune wants to amend.

Alexander said he passed information that Foley had appeared overly friendly first to Majority Leader John Boehner, and later to Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Instead, the $ 1.3 trillion budget bill passed by congressional leaders boosted the block grant program's funding by $ 305 million.

A number of high - level Republican strategists have been quietly urging their party's congressional leaders to pass a «real ethics package» (in the words of one advocate) to counteract the potential negative political effects of the ongoing scandal surrounding disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose name is once again dominating the news after he agreed to a plea deal earlier today.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Democratic leaders have concluded that the only way to pass critical war - funding before the fast - approaching August congressional recess is for the House to drop its insistence that the measure include billions of dollars for unrelated domestic programs, a top Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN.

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Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - 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Congressional leaders back in the politically turbulent 1970s managed to pass sweeping laws to ensure clean air and water, protect endangered species and keep toxic substances out of everyday household products.

Washington — Leaders of a congressional effort to boost embryonic stem - cell research will huddle soon to develop strategies for passing their bill around President Bush's promised veto.

In an apparent setback for the child - care bill, President Bush and Congressional leaders were negotiating late last week to pass a $ 14 - billion deficit - reduction bill that is «clean» of amendments.

Washington — Not willing to risk a Presidential veto of a huge catchall spending bill and seeking to make good on a political vow to pass their own appropriations bill for the second straight year, key congressional leaders pushed through a weary 98th Congress, a record $ 17.6 billion in fiscal 1985 Education Department funding last week — not as part of the continuing resolution but in the $ 101 - billion bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.

Congressional Quarterly reported yesterday that House Democratic leaders will accept the Senate's plan to pass a stripped - down supplemental spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and seek another way to funnel $ 10 billion in edu - aid to the states.

More than 12 years have passed since I worked with President George W. Bush, Senator Edward Kennedy, and other congressional leaders to pass No Child Left Behind.

Congressional leaders have emerged from closed - door negotiations in Washington D.C. with a preliminary deal to revise the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, raising hopes that lawmakers might be able to finally pass revisions for a federal law that's crucial to students and schools.

In fact, the administration could have accomplished nearly all of its goals by working within the framework set by No Child, as well as by working with congressional leaders, either on fully reauthorizing No Child or passing add - on legislation.

While I was learning my letters in a Title I - funded school in Little Rock, Arkansas, Jack worked with Congressional leaders to craft and pass legislation that impacted my school's funding and later determined how my school would be judged.

Deborah Daro, Ph.D., has played a key role in the development and assessment of evidence - based home visitation programs for 30 years and has worked with federal administrators and congressional leaders in crafting guidelines for the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), passed as part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.

NAR applauds Congressional leaders in both chambers for their effort to pass this legislation before adjournment.