Sentences with phrase «bipartisan basis»

Ocean Champions is the first national organization to focus solely on developing a broad, bipartisan base of supporters for ocean conservation in the U.S. Congress and in key states.

Last December, under the leadership of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass The Innovation Act on a strong bipartisan basis, 325 - 91.

Our goal is to develop a broad, bipartisan base of supporters from which to cultivate political champions for ocean conservation in the U.S. Congress and in key states.

«On a bipartisan basis, we believe Mr. Zuckerberg's testimony is necessary to gain a better understanding of how the company plans to restore lost trust, safeguard users» data, and end a troubling series of belated responses to serious problems,» the two senators added.

Senators are in the process of figuring out a way to shore up Obamacare's marketplaces on a bipartisan basis following the demise of repeal efforts this summer.

But our appropriations guys did their job on a bipartisan basis, on a bicameral basis.

While the GDC is an ambitious and difficult undertaking, it's clear that the government also agrees that eliminating data silos will be critical for battling cancer — and on a bipartisan basis at that, according to the vice president.

With the debt limit set to be hit in a matter of hours, Republicans and Democrats in Congress reluctantly accepted the president's demand for the sequester, and a revised version of the Budget Control Act was passed on a bipartisan basis.

Last year Congress acted on a bipartisan basis to pass child care legislation that includes much - needed reforms to improve the quality and safety in child care settings, including requiring training for providers to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, instituting annual inspections of child care facilities, and comprehensive background checks of all providers.

In a statement released this afternoon, Skelos said he was «surprised» to hear Bellone toe this particular party line, noting that the Senate Republicans «have been working hand - in - hand with him on a bipartisan basis to help him dig out» of his county's fiscal mess.

The airline companies flying into the US are subject to certain reporting requirements established under a certain US law written on a bipartisan basis and passed so after 9/11.

Working on a bipartisan basis, we passed a budget giving minimum wage workers three raises over the next two - and - a-half years.

Skelos touted how the Legislature adhered to the provisions of the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was «ignored» when the Democrats controlled the chamber, adding: «Now we've seen that the chaos that existed for two years is gone, and government is functioning as it should, and — right now — with a bipartisan basis.»

Democratic former state Sen. Geraldine Thompson is planning to roll out a bipartisan base of supporters next week following endorsements of her House District 44 campaign by fellow Democrats state Sen. Randolph Bracy and state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Republican former Orange County Commissioner Scott Boyd.

«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.

In a dramatic finish after 3 1/2 hours of contentious debate, the House voted 75 - 74 on a bipartisan basis to send the nomination to the state Senate.

«We have a real opportunity to organize mayors around the country often on a bipartisan basis to reach those Republican members of the House and Senate and have an impact on their thinking,» de Blasio said.

«I'm deeply grateful to have this endorsement from the New York League of Conservation Voters and I truly appreciate their confidence in my commitment to working on a bipartisan basis to achieve critical legislative actions,» O'Mara said.

It is never too late for this process to move in a bipartisan basis.

The top legislative leaders, shown here, have agreed on a bipartisan basis to miss a key committee deadline for a budget vote and instead try to reach an agreement in the coming weeks before the legislative session ends May 9.

I have had extraordinary success working with my colleagues on a bipartisan basis and reaching compromises.

Their complaints to the Erie County Board of Elections were submitted on a bipartisan basis to the State Board of Elections, which referred them to the attorney general.

«In the months ahead, I will continue to put our district first, working on a bipartisan basis to help grow our North Country small businesses, protect and strengthen our nation's military and family farms and to ensure everyone in the 21st District has a strong voice in Washington.»

That's done on a bipartisan basis; it's something that Congressmen Owens worked with other upstate New York representatives from the other party, Congressman Gibson and Congressmen Hannah, on.

We are in an enormous mismatch between our governing elite and reality on a bipartisan basis.

To Casey Dreier, director of space policy at The Planetary Society, supporting such ambitious yet unsanctioned missions while acting to undermine ones like WFIRST makes little sense, particularly because Congress has proactively provided hundreds of millions of dollars for that mission already on a bipartisan basis.

The Members of Congress who authorize and appropriate funds for NASA clearly are enthusiasts on a bipartisan basis, but where NASA will fit in national priorities for government spending is always the question.

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.

For many years, Congress has hotly debated this issue of control, and on a bipartisan basis passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015.

Today, the Illinois State Senate passed a $ 100 million tax credit scholarship program, and charter funding equity on a bipartisan basis of 38 - 13 votes after the House approved the measure yesterday.

In response to a call to AFC's national headquarters to ask why they are interested in funding election campaigns for lawmakers in North Carolina, Matt Frendewey, communications director, said via email, «as the nation's voice for educational choice, AFC and its coalition partners in states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.»

First available to taxpayers in 2007 and extended multiple times since then on a bipartisan basis, this tax deduction has been a successful tool in ensuring low - and moderate - income homebuyers have access to prudent and affordable low down payment mortgage finance.

They also suggest lawmakers recognize that, on a bipartisan basis, voting Americans support more domestic energy development — as well as candidates who do the same.

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.

A majority of Americans favor that, on a bipartisan basis.

In recent months, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has been steadily reporting out legislation on a bipartisan basis.

«Renewable standards passed over the last decade have been supported on a bipartisan basis, and that was before the dramatic growth in manufacturing and construction jobs the industry created,» said Rob Gramlich, the American Wind Energy Association's senior vice president for public policy.

We need to build this infrastructure that benefits American consumers, and so I'm hopeful, that on a bipartisan basis, we can gather around an approach to infrastructure and release those investment dollars that are anxious to be invested one they're confident there won't be arbitrary decisions made that would restrict our ability to build the infrastructure.»

Fortunately, the current tax credits were extended on a bipartisan basis by Congress at the end of 2015 and continue to enjoy strong support from both sides of the aisle due to the jobs and investments that renewables have generated in both red and blue states nationwide.

We look forward to working with Chairman Goodlatte, Representative DeFazio and their colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan basis in order to continue to ensure that American businesses are protected against aggressive, anticompetitive attacks by patent trolls in the future.

This extension passed on a bipartisan basis in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

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.

On a broad, bipartisan basis, committee members at the hearing favored revisiting the compromise to keep banks out of brokerage.

Lawmakers said some legislation, including long - sought FHA modernization, has a good shot at passage this year because it's attractive on a bipartisan basis.