Sentences with phrase «build coalitions behind»

Most profiles of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have described him as a relatively quiet legislator who is more likely to build coalitions behind the scenes than to push policy changes in news conferences or rallies.

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That makes it harder for Republicans to build a coalition against it, even with the business groups behind them.

«But we are building a much broader coalition behind these issues than we have had before.»

The three state attorneys general — Eric Schneiderman of New York, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Beau Biden of Delaware — are now attempting to build a new coalition and ideology, knit together by the concept of justice that lies behind law and order.

«We look forward to the opportunity to expand the base of support behind an approach where UTLA leads the fight for quality schools and respect for educators through powerful organizing and coalition - building,» Caputo - Pearl told LA School Report.

Key players in the school building community spoke in favor of Liu's proposal but one noteworthy group — the Coalition for Adequate School Housing — stopped short of throwing its full weight behind the bill.

Ragland spent five years at the department leading efforts to build congressional coalitions behind the Obama administration's education priorities, handling the office's appropriations and budget portfolio, and managing relationships between members of Congress and senior leadership, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

As the national advocacy and legislative voice of pet care professionals who care for and about companion animals, PIJAC worked with Kids and Cars — the main group behind H.R. 2801, the HOT CARS Act, with a sister bill S. 1666 in the U.S. Senate — to build the Animal Care Coalition.

However, since then they've built 343 Industries, The Coalition, Decisive Games and acquired Mojang, while also signing a multi-year, multi-title publishing deal with Undead Labs (the folks behind State of Decay).