Sentences with phrase «bipartisanship on»

Applying the policy lessons to the Government's emergency measures in the NT As I mentioned previously, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission applauds the Prime Minister, Minister Brough, and the Opposition Leader for their bipartisanship on the need to take action to ensure our children are protected from violence.

The choice of Gov. Huntsman has been lauded for various reasons - his fluency in Chinese, his track record as an Asian diplomat, the bipartisanship on the part of President Obama in nominating a Republican for the position (although some say he did so to take Gov. Huntsman, a likely Republican contender for the 2012 elections, out of contention)- but receiving less attention is the fact that Gov. Huntsman is a vocal advocate of the clean energy economy and the greenest governor that Utah as ever had (see youtube video interview).

The Australian Industry Group said it was «a plausible new direction for energy policy» but «only bipartisanship on energy policy will create the conditions for long - term investment in energy generation and by big energy users.»

But it is also the case that Australia's most recent brief window of bipartisanship on climate policy in 2009 did not end well.

Bipartisanship on environmental issues was the norm back in the 1960s and 1970s, but has largely gone by the wayside since 2000 or so (there are various theories).

What vestiges remained of bipartisanship on education in Washington has been buried.

Trump included a call for greater bipartisanship on the sharp policy differences that divide Republicans and Democrats.

Public opinion puts pressure on Republicans to go along with the Democrats — even though bipartisanship on gun issues was always a tall order.

It has also flirted with majority Republicans in the chamber, giving them the sheen of bipartisanship on some issues, and a comforting cushion of votes.

Charlie Palmer is one of a handful of examples of dining bipartisanship on this list.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement urging bipartisanship on both issues Sunday afternoon, but did not commit to anything outright.

Not exact matches

The Republican / Tea Party constantly concentrates on the issues that are so very important to «the few» (1 %) and tries to propagandize them to con the majority (99 %) and get them excited, while they continually fail to address the major problems (just faulting, blocking, withholding bipartisanship and irresponsibly putting their political ambitions above all else).

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With this criticism of the Democrats offered as a testimony of their even handedness and sincerity, they piously go on to tell Republicans that now is the time to engage in bipartisanship and follow a course of compromise.

Amid the latest controversy surrounding shipments to the Middle East - ignited by video footage provided to 60 Minutes by Animals Australia which has an agenda to ban live exports - federal Labor took the opportunity to attack Barnaby Joyce on agricultural «bipartisanship» saying the former Agriculture Minister rejected it four years ago.

As a member of Congress, Manchin is known for his bipartisanship, voting or working with Republicans on issues such as abortion and gun ownership.

«I saw what was going on up there in terms of bipartisanship and cooperation between the two conferences, and I said: Hey, let's do something different,» Isaacs said.

We understand that Barney has earned his protected place within the Democrat Party by being their attack dog on gay rights issues, demonizing Republicans and undermining efforts at bipartisanship that would actually improve LGBT Americans lives.

Gibson, who was known for his bipartisanship in Congress, sounded a bit like a gubernatorial candidate himself, criticizing Cuomo on the lagging upstate economy and troubled subway system in New York City.

But in Rochester on Wednesday, Cuomo once again embraced bipartisanship after he was asked whether any legislation could be accomplished in the remaining legislative session days this year.

Like other firms on this list, Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno is a paragon of bipartisanship.

«I hope to build a conservative majority so bipartisanship becomes Democrats joining Republicans to roll back the size of government, reduce the bureaucracy and get America moving again,» Mourdock said Wednesday on CNN's «Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien.»

With its calls for an overhaul of the tax code, an infrastructure fund and bipartisanship, the plan is very much in line with what President Obama has sought — and so far failed — to achieve on the federal level.

Helsmoortel prides himself on bipartisanship.

He also noted in a letter to Sampson that appears below that he is indeed making good on his pledge of bipartisanship by offering three Democrats committee chairmanships.

Morahan was popular with members on both sides of the aisle, Democrats and Republicans alike remembered him fondly as someone who embodied the old spirit of bipartisanship in Albany, where lawmakers of opposing views and political affiliations fought hard on the Senate floor and on the campaign trial, but then laid aside their differences and went out for drinks at the end of the day.

At 6 p.m., the Century Foundation holds «Bridging the Divide: Ray LaHood on Bipartisanship & Transportation Policy» — an interview - style discussion with NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and former US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, One Whitehall St., Manhattan.

«Women often bring bipartisanship, the ability to look at a problem and solve a problem, not based on rehtoric or ideology or partisan bickering but on solutions.

Last year, despite all his claims of bipartisanship and insistence that he would support legislative candidates on a case - by - case basis, Bloomberg ended up choosing sides in the Senate fight again.

It is only to say that Paterson must engage in a transparent and orderly process, with as much bipartisanship as he can muster, while maintaining firm hold on his authority.

Statewide, there were enough GOP victories rolling in around 11 p.m. on Election Night for Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos to declare in a statement that «New Yorkers have chosen balance and bipartisanship over an entire state government made up of Democrats from New York City, and placed their trust in Republicans to lead the Senate.»

Rubio touched on it, but mostly accused President Obama of divisiveness and called for more bipartisanship.

I pledged to be an independent voice for the North Country and will continue building on this record of bipartisanship to deliver results for the families I am proud to represent.»

He delivered a speech on the economy that used the backdrop of a high - technology facility that grew out of a partnership with private enterprise and bipartisanship.

The reasons range from historical disagreements to present strategy — but they start with a two - month effort at bipartisanship that finally fell flat on Tuesday.

Late last week, in a rare show of bipartisanship, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D - Montana, and Sen. Charles Grassley, R - Iowa, the Ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, unveiled a $ 85 billion jobs bill which observers believed at least some Senate Republicans would have supported.

«All the talk about bipartisanship that we have heard over the last several months went down the drain,» House Republican leader John Boehner complained on Friday.

Holt added, however, that «it always has been possible to find some bipartisan support for science,» and therefore «now is the time to build on that latent bipartisanship.»

Republicans and Democrats each had 20 minutes to speak on the bill and all who did praised the bipartisanship that allowed the bill to be brought to a vote so quickly.

Now is the time to build on that latent bipartisanship.

Bipartisanship was the order of the day, although all three Democrats noted how far the two sides had come since last year when sharp political divisions on an earlier version of the bill resulted in tense party - line votes in committee.

True, designing a custom piece for Melania is, on the most surface level, an act of bipartisanship (which Obama and Clinton have urged ever since Trump's victory).

February 27, 2015 • Attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference say they want the next president to focus on bipartisanship, faith, security and lower taxes.

One gets the sense that some of the vote on Amendment 66 was a carryover from the general public anger over how many measures, such as gun control, were forced through the legislature with little deliberation and no bipartisanship.

In the run - up to 2008, Mitt Romney's record on health - care reform was thought to be a hole card that would give him a record of conservative - minded accomplishment in the primaries and a patina of can - do bipartisanship in a general election.

We worried that Donald Trump's support for charter schools and school choice would make those issues toxic on the left; growing polarization would sound the death knell for any hope of centrism and bipartisanship, both of which have been essential for the ed - reform project for the better part of two decades; and populist attacks on data and reason would make it that much harder for our arguments to win the day.

Centrist Democrat reformers, on the other hand, prize political bipartisanship and getting «the politics» right over doing good, often at the cost of the vulnerable, failing to realize that bipartisanship and politics are only valuable if driven by the most - important goal nonnegotiable goal of helping those who are in need.

This is the first solid act of bipartisanship to date in the Senate on the reauthorization.

Absent interest in science on the right, and bipartisanship in public science education, this ground state may continue on a decadal scale.

Another great example of bipartisanship behind the polarized political headlines was passage of the Electrify Africa Act, which was signed on Monday by President Obama.