Sentences with phrase «bipartisan effort by»

Even as we work with states to offer flexibility from existing law, the Obama administration will support a bipartisan effort by Congress to create a law that supports a well - rounded education while holding schools, districts and states accountable for results.

What began as a bipartisan effort by state governors has shed most of its Republican wing, as some early supporters on the right have begun to express misgivings.

Mulgrew shared news of a bipartisan effort by federal lawmakers to overhaul No Child Left Behind and move away from the harmful emphasis on high - stakes testing in favor of a more balanced approach that targets educational inequality.

Not exact matches

Let's talk about one thing that we can say is created by a bipartisan effort, and that's public education in America.

If a bipartisan effort is attainable, then McConnell could get on board with an infrastructure plan, as he noted at an event put on by the news website Axios earlier this month.

Ten years later, in another bipartisan effort, this time led by President Ronald Reagan and Senator Russell Long, the Tax Reform Act of 1984 altered the tax incentives to make ESOPs with modest levels of generally 5 - 20 % of employee stock ownership attractive to publicly traded stock market corporations.

Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney of New Haven said Friday that he was «encouraged» by the bipartisan talks in an effort to reach a budget deal.

Immigrants and their advocates rejected what they said was a divisive State of the Union speech by Trump, saying it will not help efforts at bipartisan compromise on immigration policy.

«The bipartisan effort is working,» she said, before referencing the 2009 budget that was passed by a Legislature wholly under Democratic control.

Schumer's backing of decriminalization adds to what has become a bipartisan effort in the Senate, led by Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, which was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.

Congresswoman Kathy Castor, a Tampa Democrat, says she «led efforts» by the bipartisan Tampa Bay Congressional Delegation to include funding for MacDill Air Force Base.

H.R. 1060, the Young Farmer Success Act, is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Thompson, Rep. Joe Courtney (D - CT) and Rep. John Faso (R - NY) in an effort to preserve America's agricultural economy and the security of its national food supply.

«We know that the system is broken but there's never been as comprehensive an effort as the one we are launching now by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general to get to the bottom of it,» Schneiderman said.

The bipartisan effort follows demands by the city's top elected Democrats for full compensation after the GOP - led Congress authorized only $ 7 million in reimbursement in December.

The Tappan Zee replacement project is frequently touted by Cuomo as one of his signature achievements after it was stalled for decades and he frequently refers to movement on the project as a bipartisan effort.

First, an effort that began as a bipartisan, state - driven enterprise, spearheaded by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers, started to look to skeptics like a federally - inspired, politicized project.

Currently, Digital Promise (an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization originally authorized by Congress in 2008) is spearheading a national effort to develop what it calls an «ecosystem» of microcredentials or digital badges for educators, all of them competency - based, on demand, personalized, and easily displayed on one's web site or CV.

At a time when Democrats and Republicans are divided on many issues, it's particularly noteworthy that efforts to address teacher shortages have been largely bipartisan affairs, with similar bills introduced by both Democratic and Republican governors and legislators.

An additional $ 2.7 billion, authorized by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, will be used to help K - 12 school districts and schools as well as institutions of higher education (IHEs) in their recovery efforts.

Much of that work may be in vain if Common Core's supporters can't convince the public that the standards weren't a conspiracy by a few nefarious powerbrokers, but rather a sincere — and bipartisan — effort to raise expectations for American students.

The bill, authored by State Sens. José Menéndez (D - San Antonio) and Paul Bettencourt (R - Houston) reflects another bipartisan effort to support neighborhood schools while acknowledging the growing role of charters.

Encouraged by bipartisan interest in the initiative, the CCSSO and NGA launched the Common Core effort.

I am therefore encouraged by the bipartisan effort that is underway.

His main efforts have centered around fostering cooperation between political parties by fighting the difficulties of bipartisan politics.

This effort has been joined by growing bipartisan support encouraging FHFA to expand and better define the development of credit risk transfer programs.

Thanks to the efforts of bipartisan Congressional lawmakers led by Representatives Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Robert Pittenger (R - NC), this ideal is now acknowledged in new legislation passed in December: the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017.

Dow added: «The creation of Brand USA was a bipartisan effort led by Republicans that passed both chambers by overwhelming majorities.

In this effort they have been joined by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a conservative Washington non-profit, whose report last month rebranded geoengineering «climate remediation» so as to make sulphate aerosol injections into the stratosphere sound healthful.

One exception, the bipartisan SAFE NFIP 2017 Act, introduced by Senators Bob Menendez (D - NJ) and John Kennedy (R - LA), would provide grants and loans for pre-disaster risk reduction efforts.

«This effort to solve global warming puts to rest all the excuses for doing nothing: This bill is bipartisan, it achieves environmental goals by encouraging innovation and American ingenuity, and its flexible approach is supported by industry,» said Mark Van Putten, president of the National Wildlife Federation.

Vanessa Blum has written a fantastic primer on the Bush administration's efforts to respond by July 1 to a scathing bipartisan report that recommends reorganizing the DOJ to form a counterterrorism unit and a «coherent» national strategy.

In what appears to be an effort to stoke the fires of the Honest Ads Act, CNN Money reported that the act has «bipartisan support and is also sponsored by Senators Mark Warner of Virginia and John McCain of Arizona.»

Bipartisan supporters of the effort by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® to keep banking conglomerates out of real estate have called for an up or down vote on the Community Choice in Real Estate Act, H.R. 111, which would prohibit nationally chartered banks from brokering or managing real estate.

«Accordingly, and consistent with requests made by a bipartisan group of members of this very subcommittee, we are asking that the bureau or, if necessary, Congress, take action to establish a period until Jan. 31, 2016, suspending enforcement and liability where those subject to the rule use the forms and make their best efforts to follow the rule.