Sentences with phrase «democrats support the provision»

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Meanwhile, Mr Costello side - stepped the Democrats and struck a deal with Labor, gaining full support for the entire package in exchange for tightening of anti-avoidance provisions.

Dreihaus, part of a group of Democrats that supported a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion yet — when this provision failed to pass — still voted in favor of the final health care reform bill, argued that, given his pro-life beliefs, the ad amounted to defamation.

Senate Republicans on procedural grounds voted down amendments backed by Democrats in the Senate that included much of the same provisions supported by their counterparts in the Assembly.

In the 19th District, a sprawling 11 - county area that includes much of the Hudson Valley, no fewer than eight Democrats have declared their intention to challenge Representative John J. Faso, a Republican who supported his party's failed health care bill and co-sponsored a provision to the bill with Mr. Collins that drew Mr. Cuomo's wrath.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have announced today that they would reform the Flying Start programme, which provides support to poorer families in Wales, by ensuring provision was based on need rather than where a family lives.

The ads come as Democrats are creating the Women's Equality Party, a new ballot line that is aimed at highlighting support for the women's agenda package, which was first proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013 and includes anti-housing and workplace discrimination measures and a provision aimed at curtailing human trafficking.

The bill gained support in the Senate from both Democrats and Republicans, including the Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos, who voted in favor of it in part after a provision for smoking was removed.

Last year the Welsh Liberal Democrat Education Secretary Kirsty Williams ordered a review into the body that supports the development of Welsh - medium provision within higher education, enabling more students to study a variety of subjects through the medium of Welsh.

Health care, an issue of hot debate across the country, has been a focus for Democrats in the 19th district, especially considering Faso's involvement in a provision in the House bill that upstate Republicans in Congress have lined up to support.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in comments at separate news conferences, said they would support any provision that increases competition and accessibility for health insurance — whether or not it is the public option favored by most Democrats.

Research shows that swing voters broadly support social democrat views on the crucial questions of tax and spend, the size of the public sector and the provision of public services.

That provision is strongly supported by both Republicans and Democrats.

According to some polls, it is the single most popular provision in the law, enjoying high levels of support from Independents, Democrats, and Republicans alike.

Republicans generally favor a strong fee - shifting provision, but Democrats, who typically earn support from trial lawyers fearful of anything that sounds like tort reform, are less bullish.

Republicans generally favor a strong fee - shifting provision, but Democrats, who typically earn support from trial lawyers fearful of anything that sounds like tort reform, are less supportive.