Sentences with phrase «bicameral legislation»

Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Speaker Boehner, As a result of the midterm elections, you and your colleagues are now in a position to pass bicameral legislation to address critical national issues, including those facing education.

California Senator Kamala Harris and New York Rep. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn)-- who currently holds Chisholm's seat — introduced bicameral legislation that would place a statue of Chisholm in the U.S. Capitol.

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Last week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrandannounced key provisions from their legislation to help increase employment among at - risk youth passed Congress as part of a bipartisan, bicameral deal — the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)-- which reauthorizes federal job -LSB-...]

In his recent commentary published by The Hill on February 16, Green wrote: «When the Republican - controlled Congress moves forward with drafting comprehensive tax reform legislation to put on President Donald Trump «s desk, one item ought to be high on the list of provisions but probably isn't yet — repealing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)... It's time for the Trump administration and the bicameral GOP leadership to honor the party's pledge to get rid of this senseless, invasive, dictatorial, and costly burden.»

«In addition to the bipartisan, bicameral support for this legislation in Congress, CPF is encouraged by the strong support for patent reform expressed in President Obama's innovation agenda as outlined on the White House website (www.whitehouse.gov).

The Veterans» Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act is a bipartisan, bicameral, comprehensive legislation that seeks to lower the unemployment rate among veterans.

This bicameral, bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Michael Grimm, R - N.Y., and Maxine Waters, D - Calif., and by Sens. Bob Menendez, D - N.J., and Johnny Isakson, R - Ga., would delay further implementation of major rate changes until the Federal Emergency Management Agency completes an affordability study required by Biggert - Waters; creates an office of the Advocate to investigate flood insurance rate increases; and reports to Congress with proposed solutions to any identified problems.