Sentences with phrase «bipartisan cooperation»

We welcome the new congressional budget deal as a promising sign of bipartisan cooperation.

Come hear what senior policy advisors from both major political parties view as areas for bipartisan cooperation on climate change in the future.

Along with trade, infrastructure presents a rare, bright spot of potential bipartisan cooperation.

I'm asking that you approach this session and this budget in the spirit of authentic bipartisan cooperation.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot proposal Tuesday to reform the state's redistricting process by requiring bipartisan cooperation in making new maps.

July 31, 2017 • Sen. Jeff Flake says he hopes for bipartisan cooperation on health care after last week's failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Global health has been an area of bipartisan cooperation with major initiatives launched during both Democratic and Republican administrations and has some Congressional champions in both parties so perhaps things will work out.

Just two weeks ago at the Pattern for Progress event at Marist College, both Representatives Faso and Maloney pledged bipartisan cooperation on issues of concern affecting their districts.

Faso added that just two weeks ago, Maloney had appeared with him at an event at Marist College to promote bipartisan cooperation in Washington.

So he believes that the filibuster encourages bipartisan cooperation.

Each expressed support for small businesses, and promised bipartisan cooperation in the state legislature

Legislative leaders from both sides of the aisle hailed the plan as a historic step toward bipartisan cooperation, but the debate also exposed deep ideological rifts within the chamber: 23 lawmakers from the far reaches of both parties cast «no» votes, rejecting the centrist approach that led to the deal.

Some of what happened in the campaign was a natural outgrowth of Mr. Cuomo's decision in the last four years to stress bipartisan cooperation with Republican leaders in Albany.

«It has weakened the ability to sustain bipartisan cooperation.

Progressive and centrist charter leaders have so far been trying to walk the line between pushing back on the President's far - right politics and remaining reserved, lest useful opportunities for bipartisan cooperation arise.

THE debate over renewing No Child Left Behind, the education reform act that will be 10 years old in January, has fallen along partisan lines even though school improvement is one of the few examples of bipartisan cooperation over the last decade.

Additionally, I'm especially proud of the exemplary bipartisan cooperation on both the state and federal level on this matter, which involved 54 states and jurisdictions working together on behalf of consumers across the country.»

Seems that there's one surefire way to inspire bipartisan cooperation.

In this Roll Call op - ed, Steve Brown urges bipartisan cooperation to remove barriers to middle - class home ownership.

Legislative leaders pledged bipartisan cooperation and quick action Friday at the first meeting of their new task force on changing state laws and policies on gun control, school security and mental health in response to the Dec. 14 school massacre in Newtown.

Faso added just two weeks ago, Maloney had appeared with him at an event at Marist College to promote bipartisan cooperation in Washington.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tackled the George Washington Bridge scandal head - on in his annual State of the State address on Tuesday, acknowledging errors and promising that his administration would do its best to keep «this breach of trust» from recurring, while also calling for bipartisan cooperation on a range of policy issues.

This new effort could undermine what has largely been bipartisan cooperation on the Core and is coming even as some states are already implementing the Common Core Standards in English Language Arts and math, and giving students high - stakes Core - aligned standardized tests.

«If you're going to do things that have long - term impacts, you need to have cooperation to do it,» he said, adding that he doesn't see that degree of bipartisan cooperation from the current county executive.

Current conditions in Washington aren't exactly conducive to bipartisan cooperation.

In a heartening display of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Senate passed a badly needed fix to banking regulations.

Thus trust has simultaneously broken down both between religious orthodox and progressives and between political conservatives and liberals, which makes religious unity and bipartisan cooperation all but impossible.

«His message of bipartisan cooperation to make government work is exactly what Democrats in the House stand for and we are so proud he has stood up for us.»

Andrew Romanoff, in a necessary effort to differentiate himself from the centrist non-politician Bennet, has been moving far to the left of his former moderate positions, and away from the bipartisan cooperation he was known for when he was Speaker of the House.

In his kickoff speech, Molinaro mixed criticism of Cuomo with a more hopeful message — «too often the tone coming from the governor's office is angry and divisive» — of bipartisan cooperation.

«We won't get to $ 9 until 2016 so the compromise that happened — when you talk about this bipartisan cooperation — the compromise that happened has put New York's hard working low wage workers frankly at a lower wage than what has happened in New Jersey, what's happening in California, what's happening all around us,» she said.

You know, a very leader - driven State Senate without any bipartisan cooperation, and the culture that had developed in the State Senate over nearly the last 100 years.

ALBANY — The opening of New York State's 239th legislative session looked and sounded very much as it has in years gone by, what with its ceremonial prayers, promises of hard work and bipartisan cooperation, and all manner of handshakes, hugs and how - ya - beens.

Klein seceded from the chamber's Democratic conference in 2011 to form the IDC, blasting his former colleagues for dysfunction and proclaiming a new era of bipartisan cooperation.

When another reporter brought up the issue with the governor after a Wednesday event in the Bronx, Cuomo tempered his Tuesday statement, again praised Clinton, and then — as he has throughout his tenure in office — praised the virtues of bipartisan cooperation.

He suggested that his tenure in Westchester had been a success thanks to lower taxes and spending, bipartisan cooperation and consolidated government.

That opponent, Southold Town Councilman Al Krupski, has run a quiet campaign, knocking on doors and letting his record of bipartisan cooperation and fiscal conservatism speak for itself.

«It is a serious blow to RGGI and to the notion of any bipartisan cooperation on any form of greenhouse gas regulation,» said Stacy VanDeveer, an associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire.

This is exactly the kind of legislation and bipartisan cooperation that the American people called for in the voting booths last month.

The day began with senators from both parties praising the bipartisan cooperation that had produced the legislation.

Education policy would let him play up his focus on bipartisan cooperation, at least on issues like tenure reform, while maintaining his image of being tough on the teacher unions and low performing school districts.

Secretary Duncan in a recent OpEd piece (Washington Post Jan 3) expressed optimism and apparently the administration sees ESEA as a fertile prospect for bipartisan cooperation.

With leadership and bipartisan cooperation, I believe we can solve the problem that is a detriment to the social and economic health of Illinois.

In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, Senate Banking panel leaders released details of proposed legislation designed to rescue the faltering Federal Housing Administration.

This is an abstract piece meant to reflect the political situation in Washington and the need for bipartisan cooperation.»

Senator Soto believes his bipartisan cooperation has made him an effective legislator.

It cost billions of dollars and required the bipartisan cooperation of our nation's top policymakers.

Over the course of the past year, significant progress has been made, and bipartisan cooperation has led to a substantial increase in federal investment in early education.