Sentences with phrase «congressional efforts»

We used these findings to beat back Congressional efforts to approve the pipeline, and we encouraged the president to reject it.

The members of the CPF support Congressional efforts to reform an outdated patent system that is long on litigation and short on common sense, and they look forward to working with Congress as they aim to strengthen the U.S. patent system and protect the very job creators, of all sizes and across industries, that are powering America's economic recovery.

An intent analysis requires a thorough examination of congressional efforts to reform sentencing, rather than a limited inquiry into the PROTECT Act's one - sentence authorization of fast - track.

What do you think of recent Congressional efforts to alter or weaken school nutrition standards via the appropriations process?

Gillibrand is even discussed as a some - day White House aspirant, and is currently a leading voice on congressional efforts to prevent sexual assault in the military.

With congressional efforts underway to reauthorize No Child Left Behind, a burgeoning movement of educators, school administrators, parents and students has blossomed in the fight against high - stakes standardized testing.

Sununu, who voted against congressional efforts in 2006 and 2007 to overturn Bush's executive order restricting research, responded by citing his support for new lines of stem cell research «without destroying human embryos.»

One of those rare Democrats also hinted at future congressional efforts.

And while the massive health care law has withstood two Supreme Court challenges and countless congressional efforts to overturn the legislation, its diagnosis has been mixed — particularly among U.S. small businesses.

Family Online Safety Institute Applauds Congressional Efforts to Protect Children on the Internet

Additionally, out of the less than $ 6,000 his campaign has spent, $ 1,000 of it was a donation to his unsuccessful congressional effort, made on June 23 — the eve of the primary election.

This numbskull (Coon III) is going to force me to derail the whole Matt Doheny Congressional effort if Liberal Republicans can't come in from the cold.

The entire faction of former John McCain advisers that had been working on the Chris Cox congressional effort has abruptly quit his effort to win the nomination in New York District 1 in Suffolk County, several sources told me.

But has opposed congressional efforts to block states from require GMO labeling.

As mentioned above, science and technology funding in the Obama years ultimately fell victim to broader Congressional efforts to shrink federal spending and deficits.

► «A major congressional effort to spur medical innovation passed another milestone today when a House of Representatives committee signed off on the 21st Century Cures Act,» Jocelyn Kaiser wrote Thursday at ScienceInsider.

Yucca Mountain — The bill continues congressional efforts to support the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, providing $ 90 million for the Nuclear Waste Disposal program, $ 30 million for Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal, and $ 30 million for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue the adjudication of DOE's Yucca Mountain License application.

June 28, 2011 • A joint inquiry by NPR's Planet Money and Investigations teams found that more than $ 1 billion of unused dollar coins are the wasteful byproducts of another failed congressional effort to replace the dollar bill in everyday commerce.

Apart from its direct actions, the Trump administration's rhetorical support for various measures, such as apprenticeship programs, continues to shape civic debate and inform congressional efforts.

Progress is being made through congressional efforts.

Barton strongly apposes Congressional efforts to cut carbon emissions, telling NPR last week, «There will be no cap - and - trade bill... It's not just endangered, it's extinct.»

Having Toyota take over General Motors - which based its business strategy on building gas - guzzling cars, including the idiot Hummer, scoffing at hybrid technology and fighting Congressional efforts to impose higher mileage standards on U.S. automakers - would not only be in America's economic interest, it would also be in America's geopolitical interest.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Obama criticized «folks like John McCain,» who he said once backed cap - and - trade proposals but reversed their position and undermined congressional efforts.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Supreme Court: How Oil States Threatens to Reverse Congressional Efforts to Reform Patent Litigation

While congressional efforts to improve the Copyright Act... may be a welcome and beneficial development, it will almost certainly be a long and contentious process... Register Pallante... [has] not [ed] generally that «Congress has moved slowly in the copyright space.»

The undersigned organizations strongly encourage Congressional efforts to address abuses of the legal system by certain patent assertion entities, commonly referred to as patent trolls.

Kander quickly came to Planned Parenthood's defense when extremist politicians targeted the care provided to tens of thousands of women Missouri health centers and millions across the country, standing against wrongheaded Congressional efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and decrying politicians who made women's health care a political punching bag.

Whether you're in a market with a three - year inventory or one with an eight - month inventory, you'll want to follow congressional efforts now underway.

NAR and the REALTORS ® Political Action Committee have been working overtime to create new homeownership opportunities by supporting congressional efforts to raise the limits on FHA - insured mortgages.

We successfully supported bipartisan Congressional efforts to make school leadership a priority in the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act

As part of recent Congressional efforts to reauthorize the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), considerable attention was paid to students with disabilities in charter schools.

Make no mistake — this is a political move that could have a damaging impact on Congressional efforts to enact lasting reforms to current elementary and secondary education law.»

President Barack Obama in February requested $ 1.9 billion to fight Zika but Congressional efforts to approve part of the funding deadlocked before lawmakers adjourned for the summer.

Donald Trump will support congressional efforts to protect states that have legalized cannabis, which is illegal south of the border under federal law.

Just weeks ago, damning undercover footage from inside Planned Parenthood clinics fueled a congressional effort to defund the organization.

The ERLC is conducting an online campaign to rally support for the congressional effort to slash federal dollars for Planned Parenthood.

Ms. Meng is also a successful fundraiser, evidenced by the $ 1 million she has in her State Assembly campaign account (which isn't transferable to her congressional efforts).

A bipartisan congressional effort, ignoring White House objections, produced a bill Saturday to impose sweeping sanctions against Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race and its human rights violations.

In a statement, Cuomo spokesman James Allen said the governor's office looks forward to participating the in the congressional effort.

The Democrats said at a lower Manhattan news conference with the Statue of Liberty in the backdrop that their preference is that the federal government add terror watch lists to the criteria used in background checks, but congressional efforts to mandate the cross-check have met pushback from gun advocates.

WAMC's political observer Dr. Alan Chartock discusses indications that President Trump is open to supporting a bipartisan congressional effort to revise federal background checks for prospective gun buyers and President Trump's endorsement of Mitt Romney in the Utah Senate race.

WASHINGTON — Congressional efforts to block President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran fizzled Thursday, as 42 Senate Democrats voted to uphold the controversial nuclear accord.