Sentences with phrase «senate house support»

«The University of London is very much complicit in practices of exacerbating poverty having outsourced Senate house support staff.»

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Although the bill drew bipartisan support in the Senate, with 14 Republicans voting for it, it will almost certainly face a tougher fight in the Republican - controlled House of Representatives in the weeks to come.

An April 12th letter from Republican members of the House of Representatives, sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of Pompeo's nomination, approvingly cited Pompeo's «five years serving in the United States Army, including in the Gulf War.»

Today, at 2 p.m. Eastern, the President will sign the 21st Century Cures Act — approved by the Senate on Dec. 7 by a vote of 94 - to - 5, overwhelmingly passed by the House the week before, and seemingly supported by every pharma company, medical institution, healthcare advocate and their mothers.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday took a step toward passage of tax legislation that is a top White House priority, setting up a likely decisive vote later this week even though it was unclear if the bill had enough Republican support to become law.

There were big differences between the House and Senate approaches to supporting small business financing.

Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, who serves as vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, shrugged off the possibility of any minimum - age increase making it to the president's desk, regardless of White House support.

But while the USA Freedom Act has support from both parties, it also faces bipartisan opposition, so the chances of passage in either the House or the Senate remain unclear.

«Unfortunately, neither the House nor Senate bill provide fair treatment, so I do not support either in their current versions,» Johnson said.

«Unfortunately, neither the House nor Senate bill provide fair treatment, so I do not support either in their current versions.

Lighthizer said he's aiming for an agreement that will have broad support in the current Congress, with at least 65 per cent of the Senate and House approving the deal.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week to adopt the Senate's budget resolution, rather than support their own budget resolution...

Trump, traveling in Asia this week, called in to a meeting between White House officials and a collection of moderate Senate Democrats on Tuesday, hoping he could win their support for his tax effort.

Leaders of the House and Senate want to require a three - day waiting period for taking possession of long guns purchased in the state, while the governor said he did not support that change.

He points to the bipartisan support for the so - called «SELF DRIVE» Act, which quickly cleared the House with unanimous support in September but hasn't been cleared yet by the Senate.

Missouri House and Senate leaders are expected to announce Thursday night that they have gathered enough support from lawmakers to call the state legislature into a special session for impeachment proceedings against Gov. Eric Greitens.

Mary Miller, the Treasury Department's under secretary for domestic finance, on June 13 called on the Senate to pass NAHB - supported legislation (S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014) to revamp the nation's housing finance system to ensure that creditworthy borrowers will be able to access home morHousing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014) to revamp the nation's housing finance system to ensure that creditworthy borrowers will be able to access home morhousing finance system to ensure that creditworthy borrowers will be able to access home mortgages.

The STOP School Violence Act might be just that, although House Republican leaders voiced some support for the Senate's Fix NICS Act, which would only reinforce existing laws requiring state and federal agencies to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

The presidential vote of confidence for Powell reflects the White House and Treasury's desire for low interest rates to fund the public debt and support high asset prices, as well as the probability that the Senate will quickly confirm the nominee.

82 Dems in the House did support it, and in the Senate, a MAJORITY of Dems supported it.

The «Pastor Protection» bill just breezed through the Texas House and Senate with strong bipartisan support, and should soon be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.

To give credit where it is due, a group of House Republicans sent a letter to President Obama explaining that the Senate immigration bill the president supports would sharply increase low - skill immigration and put downward pressure on the wages of low - skill Americans and low - skill noncitizen....

They do, however, follow the direction of the cultural groups to which they have some residual attachment: for example, traditionalist evangelicals who voted for Perot supported Republicans in congressional contests, while secular Perot voters supported Democrats for the House and Senate.

To give credit where it is due, a group of House Republicans sent a letter to President Obama explaining that the Senate immigration bill the president supports would sharply increase low - skill immigration and put downward pressure on the wages of low - skill Americans and low - skill noncitizen residents.

27, Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick), passed the Senate and House with overwhelming support and the governor has signed them into law.

The House called on the ACCC to examine the market power of «big» supermarkets» and to support the Senate inquiry.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

In a letter to leadership and members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) called for leveling the playing field through agricultural policies to support growing consumer demand for plant - based alternatives to animal products.

The signing was done in a private ceremony in the Governor's office with Senator Sandoval, the bill's sponsor, in attendance along with several food allergic families who were instrumental in testifying in support of the bill as it made its way through the Colorado House and Senate.

PATS representatives visited the offices of Senator Tommy Tomlinson, who introduced the NATM resolution to the Senate, and with Representative Tim Briggs, who introduced the NATM resolution to the House to thank them for their continued support.

SNA said it supports the Senate agreement on school nutrition standards, and opposes the House bill, H.R. 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016, which would restrict school eligibility for CEP and institute a block grant pilot that would cut funds for school meal programs.

«Remember, Hillary has enormous support both in the Senate and the House and Bernie needs that.

Western New York Rep. Chris Collins said he would love to see the House get an opportunity to weigh in on this proposal, too, but he's acutely aware Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell & Co. need 50 of 52 GOP senators» support to get it through their chamber.

The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to flip Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the effort should be focused on the state Senate.

State Senate Democrats earlier on Wednesday met with Democratic members of the state's House delegation to discuss support for the unity effort.

House and Senate lawmakers generally supported Trump's decision to strike against the Syrian government, but cautioned him against unilaterally starting another war in the Middle East without first consulting Congress.

While Collins says he has House leadership support for cutting federal reimbursements to state Medicaid funding derived from counties in the sales tax, the Senate side is still debating how states would be impacted.

The plan requires the support of the Republican - led State Senate, which has already shot down similar attempts by de Blasio, including a «millionaire's tax» that would have raised money for affordable housing programs.

The budget passed both the House and Senate with overwhelming support from the three major parties.

Americans are much more likely to support limiting the amount of money that U.S. House and Senate candidates can raise and spend for their campaigns.

While the Senate Democrats and HIV / AIDS advocates are slamming Gov. David Paterson for vetoing a rent - cap bill that would have limited the amount people on public assistance who are suffering from the disease can pay for housing, Mayor Bloomberg is voicing support for the governor's decision.

When she was first elected back in 2010, the electoral coalition supporting Ms Rousseff had a majority of seats in both the lower house and in the Senate.

After months of delays and frustration, the state Senate early Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bipartisan state budget that will be voted on by the House later today, where broad support is expected, too.

It requires the support of two - thirds of the House and Senate, and ratification by three - fourths of the states, or 38 states.

In 2006, the White House supported and Republican - led Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform that would eventually allow millions of illegal immigrants to become citizens, but the House (also led by Republicans) did not advance the bill.

«She supports the bill passed in the House to temporarily suspend activities related to the sale of Plum Island, and will also continue work with her colleagues in the Senate on a permanent solution for conserving the island for future generations.»

Tea Party supported candidates won 5 of 10 Senate races (50 %) contested, and 40 of 130 House races (31 %) contested.

At the same time, they are also trying to beat back a property tax cap for the city — supported by Republicans in the State Senate — and to thwart a proposal that would give the state veto power over housing projects in the city that use tax - exempt federal bonds.

To date, there is broad bipartisan support for these bills; 247 Members of the United States House of Representatives and 63 members of the United States Senate support them.

So when Rivera drew a challenger in the September 9 State Senate primary, the 84 - year - old lion of the US House of Representatives may have figured it was just old - fashioned political payback to support Rivera's foe.