Sentences with phrase «bipartisan support only»

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The secretary of veterans affairs, David Shulkin, the only holdover from the Obama administration, for a year enjoyed rare bipartisan support in Washington as he reformed his department, but now officials in the Trump administration are trying to replace him.

First introduced 12 years ago, the CVA has passed the State Assembly several times with bipartisan support, only to die within the Senate.

If the Republicans take back the majority, they might not be so keen to work with him in a bipartisan fashion if he keeps this up, although so far, his support has come only in the form of endorsements — not TV ads and not campaign cash.

«While the Independence Party supports a bipartisan slate of candidates, it's disingenuous for divisive Democrats to rant about the IDC's relationship to the Independence Party when Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins not only runs on the line, but donates hundreds of dollars to the Independence Party.

Despite the bipartisan nature of the current Town Board and how many in his party admire and respect Mr. Krupski, one of only two elected Democrats in town government, Mr. McGreevy said he feels no reluctance in supporting Mr. Walter.

There was little dissent in the House of Commons; nuclear weapons had almost bipartisan support until 1960, with only the Liberals dissenting in 1958.

If the bipartisan commission does not approve the new maps with at least two votes from the minority party, the state Congress would draw a new 10 - year map approved with one - third minority party support or a four - year map with only majority party support.

«Not only does Ballot Proposal # 3 demonstrate how an amendment can be made to the Constitution without the need for a convention, it also has overwhelming bipartisan support among local governments, environmental groups, business organizations and recreational enthusiasts,» said Bill Farber of the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages.

Right now they're only in New York City, that has the support of more than three - quarters of voters and again, overwhelming bipartisan upstate / downstate support.»

The bill passed the state Legislature with bipartisan support in June, pushed largely by Jewish and Catholic organizations that said some special - needs children could only learn in a setting that closely reflected their family life.

Only hours earlier, a key Republican and key Democratic issued a more comprehensive measure that they said had bipartisan support.

With only one Democratic co-sponsor (Henry Cuellar, D - TX), and Lofgren's bill available as an alternative, the STEM Jobs Act failed to garner the bipartisan support it needed.

Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate education committee and more than a dozen House members met in a conference committee Wednesday to begin reconciling two bills — one a Republican - only measure that barely passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July, and the other a Senate version that cleared the U.S Senate with big, bipartisan support a few days later.

Protecting Dreamers from being deported from the only country many have ever known also has broad bipartisan support among the public, said Jorge Lima, executive director of the LIBRE Initiative, but the more issues get tacked onto a DACA bill, the more difficult it becomes to pass.

Last year, the House and Senate education committees passed legislation to update the law, but the bills — approved with bipartisan support in the Senate but by only Republicans in the House — clashed in terms of the federal role in education.

In spite of overwhelming evidence and bipartisan agreement on the important role teachers play in shaping children's lives, recent policy initiatives have only served to heap scorn on teachers while concurrently cutting positions, freezing salaries, and removing classroom support.

Signed by Gov. Chris Christie last month after drawing bipartisan support, Greenwald's law allowed districts to move school board elections from April to November, with the stated goal of increasing voter turnouts from what are typically only about 15 percent of registered voters.

The Republican - controlled House Education Committee has proposed a series of bills to rewrite the most burdensome parts of NCLB, but only one of its three bills to date has received bipartisan support and none of them have tackled the contentious issues of accountability or teacher effectiveness.

Of those initial efforts, only the charter school measure received bipartisan support.

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He withdrew any kind of bipartisan support for an ETS (and more)» «two years ago Canadians gave majority government to Stephen Harper's Conservatives, who were pledged to a sensible use of its resources, so Australians have now elected a government with a pragmatic attitude on global warming» «Led by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, an attempt was made, by what can only be described as alarmists, to exploit these fires for the purposes of the global warming debate.

First, despite strong bipartisan support in Congress, the most recent reauthorization only extended the program for two years.62 This kind of short - term authorization presents significant challenges for state - level administrators, as uncertainty around funding inhibits long - term planning and impedes program effectiveness at the state and local levels.

Although home visiting has enjoyed broad bipartisan support across all levels of government, it reaches only a small share of families who stand to benefit.

The best and simplest path forward is to unite around shared values and to champion programs that not only have broad, bipartisan support, but which also help Americans who need them most.