Sentences with phrase «conservative lawmakers taking»

With new, fiscally conservative lawmakers taking over the House of Representatives in January, however, that money probably won't be forthcoming.

This Ohio school was the first stop of the two - day tour the president and his merry band of liberal and conservative lawmakers took in January to celebrate the president's first true bipartisan triumph.

Not exact matches

If Trump does decide to take a risk and lead the charge on an issue that would require tough votes by conservative lawmakers — perhaps on strengthening background checks for gun purchases — it would be a departure for his presidency

Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich, a fiscally conservative, socially liberal lawmaker from Queens, is taking the first step toward running against de Blasio in 2017, filing paperwork with the Board of Elections to form an exploratory committee.

Urged by anti-abortion rights groups and Republican lawmakers to take up their cause, the Florida senator is mulling over introducing legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks nationally — just a few days after he helped pass a comprehensive immigration bill that created waves among conservatives.

Although conservative lawmakers often take issue with certain NIH grants, what was surprising was that Collins said he was troubled by it as well.

Since taking charge in Raleigh, conservative lawmakers have been steering public dollars into a range of alternatives to traditional public schools that march under the banner of «school choice.»

A conservative state lawmaker and a liberal former director of the Bureau of Land Management argued the merits of a debate that's sweeping the West — whether states should take control of federal lands and would they manage them better.

As that idea appears to take hold with conservative lawmakers who want increased accountability, some school officials fear a badly designed program would sap funding from poor, struggling schools or fail to consider the challenges individual schools face.