Sentences with phrase «bipartisan agreement on»

HCFA calls on Congress to work together to forge a clean bipartisan agreement on funding of both CHIP and community health centers, two essential components of our health care system.

Whether it's regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons (like those used last year in the Las Vegas), or through background check for all gun sales (closing Florida's gun show loophole allowing firearm sales without background checks) or enacting legislation to keep firearms out the hands of people with mental challenges, enough is enough — it is past time for bipartisan agreement on a course of action to protect our children.

In short, the paralyzing budget deficit, the weak economy and the lack of bipartisan agreement on climate policy will make for an interesting set of negotiations in terms of developing and funding a broad energy policy.

There Is No «War on Teachers» There is a growing bipartisan agreement on the importance of rewarding good ones.

In spite of overwhelming evidence and bipartisan agreement on the important role teachers play in shaping children's lives, recent policy initiatives have only served to heap scorn on teachers while concurrently cutting positions, freezing salaries, and removing classroom support.

Despite historic bipartisan agreement on the concept of needs - based funding, Labor is throwing Gonski 2.0 back in the Coalition's face.

Today, education is blessed with bipartisan agreement on what works, and cursed with bipartisan complacency at every level on taking...

Congress was able to reach broad bipartisan agreement on ESSA mainly because it punted on a number of of key policy questions.

My colleague Mark Fischetti (senior editor and partner - in - crime for many of the Graphic Science items in the magazine) was intrigued by bipartisan agreement on questions related to global warming in the survey results shown in -LSB-...]

But as he prepares to assume the presidency of AAAS, William Press sees some positive aspects: bipartisan agreement on key U.S. science policy goals, a renewed national focus on...

Trevor Tompson, director of the AP - NORC Center, said the bipartisan agreement on climate change's existence could be reason to hope for policy action: «Public opinion around many energy issues tends to be fluid, with people often defaulting to partisan starting points.

On the fundamental science side, the Office of Science fared somewhat better (as seen in Figure 1 above), owing to greater bipartisan agreement on basic research.

As talk in Washington potentially moves toward a smaller, bipartisan agreement on making fixes to the Affordable Care Act and not a wholesale repeal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said he's not convinced the repeal effort is dead yet.

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz of Berlin, far right, and other top legislative leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on the two - year state budget, but the full details were not immediately released.

Our representatives in Congress must be urged to find bipartisan agreement on ways to cut down on fossil fuels.

There is bipartisan agreement on this opinion.

Despite anticipated Democratic resistance to any proposed legislation, there is strong bipartisan agreement on the need to reform the antiquated and complex Federal tax code.

The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, S. 2115, was passed out of the Senate Banking Committee last year after the panel reached a bipartisan agreement on the legislation.

This proposal undoes nearly two decades of bipartisan agreement on baseline net neutrality principles that protect Americans» ability to access the entire internet.

Republicans and Democrats began this year with ambitious talk of reaching a bipartisan agreement on tax reform, but it has now become clear to most that it will require the investment of more time and political capital than President Obama has remaining.

Not exact matches

A bipartisan group of leading senators unveiled an agreement Monday on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, including a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country.

There's bipartisan agreement, the email says, that Comey «needs to answer a simple question about his conversations with President Trump: If you were so concerned, why didn't you act on it or notify Congress?»

While it seems US politicians rarely see eye - to - eye on anything, the fact that America's aging infrastructure needs attention is one issue that has attracted clear bipartisan agreement.

(WASHINGTON, DC) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the bipartisan agreement in the Senate on legislation to set a uniform national food labeling standard and promote greater disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients:

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the bipartisan agreement in the Senate on legislation to set a uniform national food labeling standard and promote greater disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients:

Two area state lawmakers say they have reached agreement on bipartisan legislation to provide $ 90 million in financial relief for people living along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River seaway.

Looney says he's hoping legislative leaders will try and reach a bipartisan agreement in those two weeks much the same way they did on the original budget.

Senator Cathy Osten of Sprague, the Senate Democratic chair of the Appropriations Committee, is optimistic that a bipartisan agreement can be reached with her Republican counterparts in the budget - writing committee before the session ends on Wednesday.

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.

Said Heather Briccetti, acting president and CEO of the Business Council of New York, «The Business Council commends Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Skelos and Speaker Silver for coming to a bipartisan agreement that will encourage job creation and economic development, reduce the tax burden on middle - income New Yorkers and small businesses, and assist those communities devastated by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

Assemblyman Karim Camara, chair of the Black, Puerto Rican Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus, told me on CapTon last night that he «commends anyone who wants to work in a bipartisan fashion,» but just can't get comfortable with the fact that there would be no people of color — not to mention very few women — in positions of significant power if the power - sharing agreement Sen. Jeff Klein is pushing comes to pass.

After meeting privately with a bipartisan group of business leaders at City Hall on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told members of the media that there is widespread agreement mayoral control of city schools must be extended by Albany lawmakers.

Legislative leaders are hoping to reach a bipartisan agreement that the General Assembly could vote on next week.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is criticizing state legislative leaders for failing to reach a bipartisan budget agreement that could be presented to him on Friday.

«It relies on too many unrealistic savings, it contains immense cuts to higher education, and it would violate existing state contracts with our employees, resulting in costly legal battles for years to come,» said Malloy, «if the responsible solution I negotiated with Democrats isn't going to pass, then it is incumbent on the legislature to reach a new agreement soon — one that is realistic and, ideally, bipartisan.»

Aresimowicz has scheduled a vote on that plan for next Tuesday, July 18, even though he's yet to get bipartisan agreement.

Washington (CNN)-- Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, R - Oklahoma, is pulling out of so - called «Gang of Six» bipartisan negotiations for now — dealing a potentially fatal blow to the group that has been working intensely for some five months to find agreement on a deficit reduction plan.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says a bipartisan agreement he reached today on a two - year federal budget will provide a significant spending boost to Fort Drum, VA hospitals and community health centers in Upstate New York.

Research advocates credit the generous increase to strong bipartisan support for NIH as well as the recent budget agreement raising mandatory caps on spending.

But there's a glimmer of hope for bipartisan agreement in the U.S. Senate on legislation affecting programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and federal efforts to improve science and math education.

The bipartisan leadership of the House SS&T Committee and its Space Subcommittee announced agreement on the bill on Friday.

On Wednesday, the House is expected to vote on a bipartisan agreemenOn Wednesday, the House is expected to vote on a bipartisan agreemenon a bipartisan agreement.

On Wednesday, May 9, the Connecticut General Assembly passed a bipartisan budget adjustment agreement (Senate Bill 543), which made revisions to the state's biennial budget that was signed into law in October 2017.

It's time for the country to see and understand the New Democrats and their «progressive» «neoliberal» agenda that we know to be a «bipartisan» agreement on education reform.

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Karen Cheeks [email protected] 240-233-4110 NCTAF Commends the Congressional Bipartisan Agreement to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dec. 10, 2015 — Today, the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) announced its support of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the legislation that reauthorizes the Elementary and...

President Obama has signed the bipartisan budget agreement (PDF) after the Senate passed it on a 64 — 36 vote.

* Bipartisan group of lawmakers is behind the letter * Japan's entry into trade talks has raised concern By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters)- Nearly 200 U.S. lawmakers have signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to insist on new rules against currency manipulation in a proposed trade agreement with Japan and 10 other countries in the Asia - Pacific region.

While many of the solutions to the climate crisis will be found within the political system, there should be bipartisan and transpartisan agreement on the basic nature of the crisis and the sense of urgency that is appropriate for us to solve it.»

AFAIK bipartisan agreement more successful than stimulus (with partisan disagreement on why)

The «Rising to the Challenge» conference showed that on the local and state level, there is strong bipartisan support and agreement that the problem of sea - level - rise facing Hampton Roads, its citizens, property and assets is an urgent one.