Sentences with phrase «bill on a bipartisan basis»

«We're going to support a number of bills on a bipartisan basis.

«We applaud the President's statement that he will sign the Zadroga Act, and we hope that he will join us in urging both houses of Congress to pass the bill on a bipartisan basis when we return in September.

Not exact matches

There's more to each bill, but based on those key points, I could see Issa and Lofgren reaching a bipartisan bill.

For the first time in 11 years, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 15 - 7 in favor of a bipartisan bill that would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The amendment was based on the Young Farmer Success Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney (D - CT), Glenn «GT» Thompson (R - PA) and John Faso (R - NY) earlier this year.

The House overwhelmingly passed a bill based on a bipartisan agreement crafted by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray, chairwoman of the Senate's Budget Committee.

Geoff Davis should be in hot water for opposing a bipartisan Pentagon - backed bill to cap interest rates on loan sharks («payday loans») that cluster around military bases and prey on our young, financially naive volunteer armed - services personnel.

The basic architecture of the legislation already had been negotiated on a bipartisan basis, and the Senate (as well as the House) approved the bill by a wide margin.

Carson City, NV (June 19, 2017)-- Late Friday, Nevada Governor Sandoval vetoed Senate Bill 392, legislation passed on a bipartisan basis by the Nevada Legislature which would have made Nevada the 15th state to have a community solar program.

Pathbreaking bipartisan oil savings legislation based on the Set America Free Coalition's energy security blueprint was recently introduced in the House and Senate (House bill: HR.

Lastly, in August of 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bipartisan pay equity bill — S. 2119, An Act to Establish Pay Equity — to prevent wage discrimination on the basis of gender.

This NAR - supported bill was introduced five years ago on a bipartisan basis in response to the proposed rules by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to define real estate brokerage and management as financial in nature and thus permissible lines of business for banking conglomerates.

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.