Sentences with phrase «bipartisan measure»

The North Country congresswoman also highlighted progress made on bipartisan measures to help veterans, families and businesses; and the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

The bill, drafted by Representative John Rutherford, a Republican and former sheriff from Jacksonville, Fla., is one of a flurry of bipartisan measures introduced in the House and the Senate devoted to school safety — without curbs on guns.

«Governor Cuomo's recently announced proposal to fund college classes in New York State prisons is one of a host of groundbreaking bipartisan measures now rolling off the desks of legislators this past year.

On Top of the News Sens. Alexander, Murray Propose Bipartisan Measure to Replace NCLB 4/7/15 The Washington Post

That would be a blow to three senior senators set to unveil a much anticipated bipartisan measure dealing with climate change Monday morning.

Rep. Elise Stefanik says she has been focusing on a package of bipartisan measures as she gears up for re-election in a battleground district.

The Senate bill, a bipartisan measure, is decidedly more modest.

Collins, who predicated her support for the GOP tax bill in part on a promise of GOP support for these bipartisan measures, said on Wednesday that Republican leadership has assured her that the party will vote for the bills in the new year.

The U.S. Senate is set next month to approve a banking bill that includes a bipartisan measure arising from last year's massive Equifax data breach: free credit freezes.

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The Office of Congressional Ethics was formed in 2008 as a bipartisan measure after three members of Congress where convicted and served jail time for issues of corruption.

The House on Wednesday approved a bipartisan measure to mandate anti-harassment training for lawmakers and aides.

Washington (CNN)- Members of the Senate are set to hold a highly anticipated vote late Monday on a bipartisan measure designed to strengthen border security in the comprehensive immigration reform bill.

The filibuster failued, but so did the bill, much to the consternation of New York's senior senator Sen. Chuck Schumer, who was instrumental in putting the bipartisan measure together.

The state Legislature last week approved a bipartisan measure to give New York additional say over large - vessel anchorage locations on the Hudson.

«I'm proud to announce that today, the House passed both of my common sense, bipartisan measures to bolster security and productivity at our nation's airports,» Katko, R - Camillus, said.

Amid the furor over Gov. Paterson's furlough plan this week, few seemed to notice when the state Senate passed a bipartisan measure on Wednesday that would give workers who have been physically, psychologically or economically abused by their employers the ability to sue in civil court.

Although a similar White House policy is already in place, supporters say the bipartisan measure — if approved by both chambers of Congress and signed by the president — would ensure the requirement stands through future administrations.»

«For those of us concerned about the size of government, [that growth] is alarming,» says Senator Susan Collins (R - ME), a co-sponsor of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, the bipartisan measure to reduce the number of confirmed positions that President Barack Obama signed into law on 10 August (PL 112 - 166).

Then they should focus on the Senate, where Senators Alexander and Murray are trying to craft a bipartisan measure to take to markup in the weeks ahead.

The political screech of today's overheated K — 12 debate drowns out discussion of plodding, bipartisan measures, and our infatuation with shiny new initiatives — Blended learning!

The bipartisan measure, S 857, would allow the Education Department to award up to 25 percent of instructional grants to school programs that do not use students» native languages.

The Senate had passed a bipartisan measure, but the House version was seen as much more conservative.

This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50 - year - old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation's national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students.

President Clinton was expected to sign a bipartisan measure that would bail out the near - bankrupt city government and create a panel to oversee its financial affairs, observers said last week.

The proposal, which faces steep political hurdles, mirrors the Obama administration's NCLB waiver system but is a marked departure from the bipartisan measure that was approved by the education committee back in 2012.

In that sense, the Senate's 81 to 17 vote for a bipartisan measure crafted by education committee leaders Sens. Lamar Alexander (R - Tenn.)

And as The New York Times reported recently, DeVos helped kill a bipartisan measure in the Michigan Legislature that would have beefed up accountability.

The bipartisan measure, which aligns with President Obama's Preschool for All Initiative, would also increase the quality of infant and toddler care in center - based and family child care settings and continue support for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program.

Last Thursday — the same day McKibben issued his epistle — the House Energy and Commerce committee voted 33 to 13 to pass a bipartisan measure forcing Obama to say «yes» or «no» to a presidential permit by Nov. 1.

«This bipartisan measure would have cut costs for business, opened up new opportunities for farmers, reduced the use of agricultural chemicals and cut carbon emissions,» Leno said in a statement released Friday.

We expect the REPS, a bipartisan measure passed in 2007 that requires 12.5 % of North Carolina's electricity to come from renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2021, to remain under fire (but not from industry, ratepayers, or utilities) as we enter the upcoming 2016 short session.

Representatives Edward Markey (D - MA) and Todd Platts (R - PA) have introduced the Fuel Economy Reform Act, a bipartisan measure that would strengthen U.S. fuel economy standards.

The bipartisan measure essentially calls for a 4 - year «time out» on further implementation of the rate structure until FEMA completes the affordability study required by Biggert - Waters and also proposes a regulatory solution to issues found in the study.

President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan measure early Thursday to end a 16 - day partial government shutdown and avert a U.S. default on its debts.