Sentences with phrase «bipartisan legislative support»
«We do have a great deal of bipartisan legislative support,» she said.
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The Republican takeover in the Senate will force Obama to scale back his ambitions to either executive actions that do not require legislative approval, or items that might gain bipartisan support, such as trade agreements and tax reform.
The measure passed both legislative chambers with strong bipartisan support, and I urge the governor to sign this bill into law as soon as possible.»
Last month, the organization released its 2014 legislative endorsements, backing 10 Senate candidates and 13 Assembly candidates — all but two of whom (Sen. Dave Valesky and Assemblyman Robin Schimminger) were Republicans, even though the organization touted its «bipartisan» list of supported candidates.
Cuomo is not on board with legislative efforts to authorize medicinal marijuana, and Savino has amended her bill to win enough bipartisan support to passif it ever comes to a floor vote.
That means that legislative action will require less bipartisan support, although of course Trump himself will remain a wildcard.
Among other achievements in this role, Payzant garnered bipartisan support for guiding the Improving America's Schools Act through the legislative process.
Trump also unnecessarily disrupted the lives of «Dreamers» — some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children — and their families by ending President Obama's DACA policy, setting an arbitrary deadline (March 5, 2018) for Congress to save the program and then breaking promise after promise to support a bipartisan legislative solution.
These bills were introduced at the request of Governor Ed Rendell and have passed a House legislative committee; they have broad bipartisan support with more than 100 sponsors.
It should also be noted that the legislative leadership on both sides of the aisle showed good faith willingness to negotiate and support a positive bipartisan package.
The Dallas Morning News reports that the state ban on fracking bans won a «sweeping victory» with «overwhelming bipartisan support» in both of Texas» legislative houses.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin co-signed a letter sent to congressional leaders in support of a bipartisan legislative bill that seeks criminal justice reform.