Sentences with phrase «also supported a bill»

The Treasury department is also supporting a bill to modernize reviews carried out by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an inter-agency government committee that evaluates sales of US businesses to foreign entities to determine the impact on national security.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, a strong supporter of immigrant rights, also supports the bill.

He has also supported a bill that would require minors to notify their parents before receiving abortions.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Financial Services Roundtable, an advocacy group for the U.S. financial services industry, also support the bill.

also supported the bill.

Also supporting the bill is a Girl Scout Troop from Corinth, Texas.

Oh, yeah, the Liberals also supported Bill C - 51 so the Conservatives could not make political hay.

While the passage of the Act was not surprising (the Democratic Party was in control of the House of Representatives), what was surprising was the number of Republicans that also supported the Bill (55 votes)-- a number sufficient to override a presidential veto.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) also supports the bill, but believes it is only the start to a necessary regulatory change.

Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) sent a letter to committee members last week also supporting the bill, and applauded the Senate for the passing vote.

Not exact matches

The second bill that passed the House last night, also by an overwhelming bipartisan majority, is the Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2016 (H.R. 4854).

A heart - rending look at the shockingly common experience of eviction among the poor in Milwaukee (and across the country), this book also won praise from Bill Gates (whose foundation is now supporting the author's research).

It also has high - profile support from television personality and comedian Bill Oddie, a keen bird watcher who appreciates the pink - footed geese that winter among the dunes.

Ryan also went to the White House on Wednesday as Trump was unsure about whether to support the spending bill.

While the Alaska senator did release an op - ed saying she supported the repeal of the Obamacare's individual mandate in the tax bill, she also called for a simultaneous passage of the Alexander - Murray Obamacare stabilization package.

Thiel, who also supports the idea of creating autonomous islands on which people could live and create their own laws, said he is in favor of a bi-partisan bill called the «Intimate Privacy Protection Act,» which would make it illegal to distribute explicit private images without a person's consent, and would involve criminal penalties for those who profit from doing so.

The bill also treats facilities that support on - site production as «manufacturing» eligible for the bond proceeds.

While Booker's new bill is also a long - shot, it comes at a time when more and more Americans are voicing support for marijuana legalization.

Earlier this month, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer called on Congress to pass the proposed bill so President Obama, who also supports Olympic tax relief, can sign it into law.

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a similar bill in 2015 that never garnered enough support, while Republican Congressman Tom Garrett introduced his own legislation earlier this year that is also not expected to make it to law.

The bill also schedules the closure of the state's Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) program in 2021, and directs regulators to being a process to come up with a new program to support distributed solar, and an «orderly transition» away from SRECs.

Powell also suggested that the Fed supports the banking bill proposed by senator Mike Crapo which proposes raising the limit of designating for systemically important financial institutions from $ 50 to $ 250 billion.

Of course, Wildrose and Progressive Conservative MLAs could also become targets of the recall laws, though it is unlikely the NDP majority — like the previous Conservative majority — would ever support this bill.

He also said the company supported a bill in Congress that would require such disclosures.

The bill also won praise from Senator Susan Collins of Maine, leaving it likely to pass with all 52 Senate Republicans in support.

The bill for the license plates passed in 2011, and the legislation also mandated that money raised from the sale of the specialty plates would go to a nonprofit that supports crisis pregnancy centers, WRAL reported.

Tyagi Bill supported by the Prime Minister Desai restricting religious conversion and also the discrimination of scheduled caste converts to Christianity in the special benefits to people of the scheduled caste background, may be mentioned as violations of the covenant on the part of the State; and the Christian people have been unhappy at giving up minority communal safeguards and many efforts to organize Christian political parties off and on have been made in several states especially in the South by Christians.

«This Bill not only provides support for victims, as evidenced by the creation of independent guardians for trafficked children and the statutory duty it places on the Department of Health to provide much needed assistance to women wishing to leave prostitution, it also tackles one of the root causes of trafficking, namely paying for sex.

By nature, the present President of America has that element in him — I should not be saying this but I am being inherently made to convey this as comment of exception for America and for Obama whose whole (Obama and his better half) stand as an extension through the ex Presidential candidate's Charisma Of the Secretary Hillary Clinton that President Obama's Charisma has selflessly absorbed for function in the cabinet gracefully for America and the world.That shows the humbleness of President Obama and maturity of Hillary Clinton of acceptance without a feeling of high and low of ego regarded as exceptional in Divinity.I was not supposed to make this comment and I have done so to urge the Republicans to accept their Light within of consensus through individual projections under control as Obama's gesture of bipartisanship that will come to address.In short, this comment is all about health and health care where economics alone does not come into the picture with a rigorous analysis on it but should also extend as leverage to the person in play (Obama) who is also selflessly poised with corrections on it over the infra structure of it that he has proposed for approval as ego of his working element as the executive public ally chosen as the President that had appealed to the public at large voting even putting behind able dleaers like McCain?George W Bush was the last to steer America into the Light over the past of America and that stands as the subtle truth even today as on date with Bill Clinton the ex President of America giving support through his excellent independent caliber for Obama ultimately to head the show of America that was time bound of its reality that sees no barriers and to which he accepted well in his individual capacity as the free lance ex President of America.

Bill Deacon Lots of atheists support charities that feed children and so do lots of Christians, but Christians also divert a lot of their «charitable» funds towards sending missionaries to convert those children, money that could be put towards actually saving more of them.

The bill, which garnered strong bipartisan support, is also expected to pass the Senate, and would address what its sponsors consider a discriminatory practice that keeps federal disaster money from religious groups.

Billed as a «day of prayer and fasting,» it also involved dozens of conservative Christian leaders whose support is coveted by most of the Republican White House hopefuls.

Congressman Peterson also has worked to help the dairy industry, and his bill demonstrates solid support for the shared solutions offered by IDFA and NMPF.

Whilst we would prefer live exports end immediately and also supportive of the Greens» bill which calls for the immediate cessation of the trade, we have chosen to give our full support to the independents» bill, which holds the greatest political weight, and hope for a permanent ban on the live export trade.

Bill Belichick has uncharacteristically opened up about his relationship with Trump, and owner Robert Kraft also chalks his support up to personal friendship.

I can't see Usmanov buying into Everton as Mishiri owns 49.9 %, Bill Kenwright owns 12.2 % and I can't see either of those selling their shares to give overall control of the club to Usmanov, also, would Usmanov want control of a club that he doesn't support, surely not as an investment, it's small fry compared to his other business interests.

Food Safety News was kind enough to reprint my refutation of the beef industry's defenses of pink slime, and leading food safety lawyer Bill Marler also weighed in in his own post yesterday, supporting disclosure of pink slime on labels.

We also need nurses to support this bill will your Nursing Board and Professional Associations.

We also need nurses to support this bill will your Nursing Board...

Attachment Parenting International (API) has many dads who volunteer to share their stories and support other dads, such as API Advisory Board members Dr. Bill Sears of San Clemente, California, USA, and Sir Richard Bowlby of the UK; Torsten Klaus, also of the UK; API Leader Thiago Quieroz of Rio, Brazil; Jim Parker of Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Dave Taylor of Denver, Colorado, USA; and John Brooks of Marin County, California, USA.

A «platform «supporting bills pending in the Illinois legislature to certify traditional midwives and legalize «birthing centers «not connected to hospitals also will be presented.

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agricultbill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agricultBill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

Organizations like Nebraska's Voices for Children have expressed support for LB 834, and human services agencies should also put pressure on lawmakers to vote for the bill.

The bill also gives authorities in England an explicit power to «support, facilitate, or be represented at religious or similar events».

Rep. Tom Reed, a GOP lawmaker from the Southern Tier, introduced a bill that also includes bipartisan fixes; Schumer said he supports a similar bill in the Senate.

The lawmakers also point to a recent Siena Poll which found more than three - fourths of people around the state support the bill and only 17 percent are oppose it.

The minimum wage bill is one that's supported not just by unions, but also the labor - backed Working Families Party.

The bill will also support the regeneration and delivery of new social and affordable housing, identified as a key government priority in July as Gordon Brown stepped over the threshold at No 10.

The legislative leaders quietly introduced a campaign finance bill last night that is designed to strengthen enforcement at the state Board of Elections and also address the US Supreme Court's January decision that overturned a 20 - year - old ruling barring corporations from spending freely to support or oppose candidates.

Once it's sent, the message is also tallied in PopVox's record of support / opposition to each piece of legislation, adding to a public record of opinion about the bill.