Sentences with phrase «with bipartisan support from»

With bipartisan support from all of the major political proponents at the Federal level, we have achieved the first major milestone in the journey ahead.

RGGI launched in 2008 with bipartisan support from 10 states.

Doug Muzzio, professor of political science at Baruch, acknowledges that it is unique to see a New York City mayor, let alone de Blasio, with bipartisan support from the legislature on any issue.

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With last - minute support from Maryland's Republicans, the House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill Friday to raise the nation's debt ceiling, but the high - stakes hunt for a bipartisan plan that could pass both chambers of Congress was set to...

Congress passed updated healthy school lunch standards, based on recommendations from pediatricians, with overwhelming bipartisan support to help reduce our country's childhood obesity epidemic and ensure kids are able to get nutritious food at school.

As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.

Squadron and Kavanagh's bills to close the LLC Loophole passed the Assembly with broad bipartisan support in 2015, including Speaker Carl Heastie, but were blocked from a full Senate vote by the Senate Majority.

With less than 24 hours before the polls open and New Yorkers consider an amendment to expand casino gambling, the pro-casino group New York Jobs Now released two TV ads Monday highlighting support from newspaper editorials and bipartisan backing.

Two bills with bipartisan support in the State Legislature would create a list of companies that are boycotting Israel and then deny them state contracts and investments from the state pension fund.

A bill with bipartisan support in the state Legislature would create a list of companies that are boycotting Israel and then deny them state contracts and investments from the state pension fund.

Also at 11 a.m., elected officials and supporters of New York is Music will join with video game industry professionals from around the state to urge Cuomo to sign bipartisan legislation that supports the creation of thousands of jobs in the two industries, Million Dollar Staircase, stet Capitol, 3rd Floor, Albany.

If the bipartisan commission does not approve the new maps with at least two votes from the minority party, the state Congress would draw a new 10 - year map approved with one - third minority party support or a four - year map with only majority party support.

«We have seen bipartisan support for reform on a variety of different issues that falls in line with what the public is demanding from the government,» he said.

Chaffetz won bipartisan support in the House more than a year ago for a more limited bill that would shorten the wait for visas for immigrants from countries with the highest number of applications.

With widespread bipartisan support from such ideological opponents as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, as well as the business community, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in 2010 the standards sailed remarkably fast through adoption in 40 states and the District of Columbia.

This major expansion with broad bipartisan support will begin to meet the large demand from parents and children who are seeking educational options and opportunity.

(Texas) A sweeping overhaul of the school funding system won approval last week from the Legislature's lower house with bipartisan support, but still faces an uncertain future in the state Senate.

... would require approval from the D.C. Council and Congress, which seems politically unlikely given a Republican - led House with little interest in helping teachers unions grow and strong bipartisan support for charter schools.

Assembly Republicans backed down from pushing an expansive school accountability reform bill Thursday, instead passing the more limited Senate version approved with bipartisan support.

(Calif.) A bill that would impose restrictions on how school districts handle information gathered from students» social media accounts moved with bipartisan support out of the Assembly Education Committee Wednesday afternoon.

Similarly, with the financial demands of California's government pension systems just one more market downturn away from completely crippling local governments, bipartisan support for dramatic pension reform is inevitable.

Signed by Gov. Chris Christie last month after drawing bipartisan support, Greenwald's law allowed districts to move school board elections from April to November, with the stated goal of increasing voter turnouts from what are typically only about 15 percent of registered voters.

Common Core was a bipartisan initiative, with support from the vast majority of governors, including Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, who has since reversed course as he preps for a potential 2016 presidential run.

Such statements might have been viable in 2001 when the NCLB legislation was passed with bipartisan support, but after nearly a decade and a half, there is no evidence to be found that test based accountability is telling us anything we did not already know from other means, nor is there evidence that the children whose plights provided NCLB's rationale are prospering.

«I always cite Florida as, really, the furthest along in terms of providing the widest range of choices and the greatest access to those choices of any state in the country, and from a political standpoint, having real bipartisan support for these choices,» she said in an interview last year with Ed Pozzuoli, a South Florida attorney who's a big backer of charter schools.

Even as we work with states to offer flexibility from existing law, the Obama administration will support a bipartisan effort by Congress to create a law that supports a well - rounded education while holding schools, districts and states accountable for results.

House Education and Workforce Committee Passes Bill Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent PredatorsLast week, with broad bipartisan support, the House of Representatives passed legislation designed to help keep children safe from sexual predators and other violent adults in their schools.

In 2009, with bipartisan support, they engaged education reform nonprofits to take the lead in writing standards for what students should know and be able to do in math and English / language arts, grade by grade, from kindergarten through 12th.

Aside from promoting college alternatives, he supported reforming the interest rates system of the Federal student loan program in 2013 with the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act.

From the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act and Student Aid & fiscal Responsibility Act roll calls, he voted along party lines (supporting the former and opposing the latter) which aligns with his self - proclaimed preference for limited federal interference in education.

Thanks to recent legislation with bipartisan support, dogs seized from fighting cases in California now have a chance at new lives.

Under this program, which passed into law with bipartisan support, anyone convicted of an animal abuse offense is automatically added to the state's registry by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) upon receipt of their information from the court clerk.

But even with all the ornaments on what Mr. Book calls a «Christmas tree» bill, he still writes in his analysis that «Senator Graham's retreat from active support of the bill makes it harder for Senators Kerry and Lieberman to muster a bipartisan consensus.»

The bill, which was openly written with the help of lobbyists, has now gotten bipartisan support from one of the chief opponents of clean energy reform from the Democratic side of the aisle — any guesses on who it is?It's our friend, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D - AR)-- she has cosponsored the amendment, popularly known as the Dirty Air Act, and seeks to protect the interests of heavily polluting industries.

GOP Support for the Climate Bill First, some of the best news is that there appears to be some confirmed support from at least a few GOP senators — which isn't so surprising since Lindsay Graham (R - SC) joined with John Kerry (D - MA) and Joe Lieberman (I - CT) in drafting a bipartisaSupport for the Climate Bill First, some of the best news is that there appears to be some confirmed support from at least a few GOP senators — which isn't so surprising since Lindsay Graham (R - SC) joined with John Kerry (D - MA) and Joe Lieberman (I - CT) in drafting a bipartisasupport from at least a few GOP senators — which isn't so surprising since Lindsay Graham (R - SC) joined with John Kerry (D - MA) and Joe Lieberman (I - CT) in drafting a bipartisan bill.

After Senator Lindsey Graham (R - SC) came out in support of working on bipartisan clean energy reform with John Kerry (D - MA), he faced some pretty harsh attacks from his party.

With support from law enforcement, John Bel Edwards doubled down on his push for «bipartisan» criminal justice reforms.

As a result, Congress tried again in 2014 and came close to achieving meaningful reform with a proposed law called the Innovation Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a large margin, and which enjoyed bipartisan support from influential Senators like John Cornyn (R - Tx) and Chuck Schumer (D - NY), as well as President Obama.

The bill, which seeks to make trolling less lucrative and better policed, passed with enormous bipartisan support and — in congressional time — at lightning speed: 43 days from introduction to approval.

Title X was originally passed in 1970 with strong bipartisan support, and Title X funds have been prohibited from going toward abortions since the program's inception.

Recent polling from the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling showed that 75 percent of New Jerseyans support the restoration of family planning funding — with strong bipartisan support, with 57 percent of Republicans also supporting the funding.