Sentences with phrase «house cosponsors»

House cosponsors include Reps. John Conyers, who serves as ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, Michael Capuano, Matt Cartwright, Judy Chu, Danny Davis, Donna Edwards and Raul...

«We applaud Senators Wyden and Blunt and Representatives Paulsen and Kind as well as the Senate and House cosponsors from both sides of the aisle for their leadership in supporting America's brewers and beer importers,» said Jim McGreevy, President and CEO of the Beer Institute.

Maffei says he is ready for the fight, and that's why he is among 52 original House cosponsors of the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 269), introduced Jan. 15 by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky.

Not exact matches

The Nickles bill was introduced in March (CT, May 18, 1998, p. 20) after the U.S. House had already considered passage of the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, commonly known as the Wolf - Specter bill after its cosponsors Rep. Frank Wolf (R. - Va.)

After the housing debates, Azumah and CTS initiated a «Consultation on Sexuality» in Ghana that was cosponsored by the Akrofi - Christaller Institute and brought Western and African theologians together.

The legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressmen Serrano, Rangel and Crowley, and was eventually cosponsored by the entire New York delegation.

He was one of the speakers at a February affordable housing panel and film cosponsored by the Village Independent Democrats and Judson Memorial Church.

Maffei's ad — the first negative commercial of the 2014 campaign — criticizes Katko, R - Camillus, for comments he made in opposition to the Paycheck Fairness Act, which is cosponsored by Maffei in the House of Representatives.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R - NY - 21) helped the House pass the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act — bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to reform the federal mental health system and help reduce instances of gun violence.

Approximately 90 House members, more than a quarter Republicans, are cosponsors of the bill.

«I am proud to join Chairman Crowley as a cosponsor of the Students LIVE Act to ensure our veterans have access to affordable housing options close to their respective universities,» said Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D - NY), a co-sponsor of the Students LIVE Act.

The current House bill now has 148 cosponsors but has not moved out of the Committee on Energy and Commerce since it was introduced in March 2009.

Sponsor: Rep Smith, Lamar [TX - 21](introduced 9/18/2012) Cosponsors (67) Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 9/20/2012 Failed of passage / not agreed to in House.

Latest Title: Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012 Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA - 16](introduced 9/14/2012) Cosponsors (56) Related Bills: S. 3553 Latest Major Action: 9/14/2012 Referred to House committee.

The White House immediately began negotiating with the 10 centrist Democrats cosponsoring the Lieberman - Bayh bill, which they reintroduced the day Bush unveiled his proposal, in an effort to cut a deal quickly.

His only participation in student loan legislation involves cosponsoring a House bill to improve tax exemptions for employers assisting with student loan repayment.

Democratic House member Al Green cosponsored plenty of higher education related bills covering student loan forgiveness, refinancing, interest payment deductions, transparency, and more.

The list of cosponsors to the Student Loan Relief Act of 2013 can be found here, and the final voting record for the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 can be found here for the House of Representatives and here for the Senate.

Here is a list of cosponsors from the Senate bill and the House bill for Warren's initiative.

He stood by this statement when he cosponsored the House bill for student loan refinancing as well as other Pell grant legislation.

H.R. 3798, which has more than 50 cosponsors in the House, has also been endorsed by the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association of Avian Pathologists, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumers League, state egg and poultry associations, hundreds of family farmers, and animal welfare groups.

[20] Unfortunately, with the change in the new Congress, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act died for the second time before passing, despite the encouraging 216 cosponsors in the House and 33 in the Senate [21] Fortunately, the bill was reintroduced to the 113th Congress on February 27, 2013 with 81 cosponsors in the House of Representatives and 11 cosponsors in the Senate.

Supporters of PUPS are lobbying legislators in both houses to become cosponsors.

Cosponsored by the Foundation for Self - Taught American Artists and International House, Philadelphia.

If your Senator or House Representative is already a cosponsor, please take this opportunity to «thank» them for their support.

She cosponsored the recently passed House Marine Debris Act, and is seeking emergency funding to help Oregon cope with garbage that has begun washing up from the Japanese Tsunami.

Please take action today & ask your Senators & House Representatives to cosponsor the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 - 2016.

2Not true; a companion disapproval resolution offered in the House by powerful Reps. Colin Peterson (MN) and Ike Skelton (MO) already has been cosponsored by 23 other Democratic Representatives.

As a member of the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Hirono has cosponsored legislation to prevent expanded offshore drilling, to clean up ocean garbage, and to protect coral reefs.

The House legislation, entitled the «Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010,» was cosponsored by House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Chairman Ed Markey (D - MA), Rep. Judy Biggert (R - IL), Rep. Anna Eshoo (D - CA), and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D - CA).

She cosponsored and led the House passage of the 2009 Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Act, and is working hard to pass strong legislation to address these issues in the 112th Congress as well.

As of early May, more than 220 House members, a majority, had signed on as cosponsors, and 10 key Senators had sponsored a companion bill.

Almost all members of the House Ways and Means Committee have cosponsored either H.R. 4336 (Reed — R - NY) or H.R. 4202 (Rangel - D - NY).

As of late February, more than 175 members in the House and almost a dozen in the Senate have cosponsored the legislation.

A recent Call to Action drew letters from 125,000 REALTORS ® asking U.S. House of Representatives members to cosponsor House Resolution 25, affirming the value and importance of the mortgage interest deduction.

NAR sent two letters to the House of Representatives this week urging against cosponsoring Rep. Joe Hensarling's (R - TX) housing finance reform bill, H.R. 2767, the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act.

The bill is cosponsored by 251 members, or 58 percent, of the U.S. House and 26 senators.

Almost 200 House members and several key senators have cosponsored NAR - backed bills to keep the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury from finalizing a rule that would define real estate brokerage and management as financial activities.

The bill never came up for a vote on the floor of either chamber, but thanks to the outpouring of REALTORS ® activism, 255 members of the House, a majority, and 28 members of the Senate cosponsored the legislation on a bipartisan basis.

In the 114th Congress, FIRPTA repeal bills were introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives which attracted a great deal of support from commercial real estate stakeholders in the country, as well as an unusually high number of bipartisan cosponsors in the Congress.

The House bill (H.R. 2128) had 37 cosponsors, including 31 of 39 members of the Ways and Means Committee.

This year's Hill visits helped REALTORS ® secure 17 cosponsors for S. 98 and majority support for the House companion bill, H.R. 111.

The bill was re-introduced in the House on Jan. 4 and had almost 110 cosponsors three weeks later.

More than 200 House members and a core group of senators have cosponsored the NAR - backed bills, creating a show of solidarity among lawmakers on the issue.