Sentences with phrase «cosponsor bills»

NAR launched a separate set of ads in the districts of some lawmakers who have yet to cosponsor the bills.

Is it any surprise that legislators line up to cosponsor bills regulating and prohibiting what they are led to believe is common practice?

Following the town hall, Sen. Bob Menendez noted Rubio's stated openness to banning large - capacity magazines — and invited his Republican colleague to sign on to cosponsoring a bill to do just that.

Shelley Mayer has been a vigorous advocate for the protection of our environment, cosponsoring a bill that prohibited oil barges from anchoring in the Hudson River and securing $ 3 million for flood mitigation aid after Hurricane Sandy.

A spokesperson for Mr. Zeldin offered the following response to the candidates» criticisms: «The Congressman did vote to expand Pell Grants and cosponsored bills that supported advance energy research at BNL and Stony Brook, while opposing cuts to the Department of Science.

Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) is cosponsoring a bill called the TREAT Act in Congress that would increase the number of patients that medical practitioners can prescribe medication for treatment of drug abuse from 30 to 100.

WASHINGTON - New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined with New Jersey Senator Corey Booker on Wednesday to cosponsor a bill that would end federal prohibition of marijuana.

McCain has cosponsored a bill, so far rejected by his colleagues, that would set up a national system of tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases and would require U.S. emissions in 2010 to be no more than in 2000 — not quite Kyoto, which sets the levels 7 percent below 1990 — but a start.

Brad Wenstrup (R) does not focus much on general college affordability; instead, he cosponsored a bill with work - stud program provisions for military veterans.

A congressman or congresswoman received a check mark for cosponsoring a bill that stipulated some form of student loan forgiveness / discharge.

If a congressman or congresswoman cosponsored a bill that stipulated federal refinancing, then he or she received a check mark.

They either have a full biography (if they are a cosponsor of H.R. 525 or S. 359, are on a committee that the bills are assigned to, written a constituent reply letter, are a member that we want to cosponsor a bill or have an interesting history related to hemp) or a click through to a web form on their Contact tab for all call and email alerts related to them.

He has authored laws to address polluted stormwater runoff, passed bills to preserve critical estuaries, and cosponsored a bill to address Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxic dead zones.

She also cosponsored a bill to expand and encourage the use of public transportation and help local governments create walkable and bike - able communities.

Pence cosponsored a bill that would have allowed hospitals to deny abortions to pregnant women who would die without the care — and the only exception would have been cases of «forcible» rape.

Not exact matches

In 2011, a Senate bill to roll the EPA into the Department of Energy attracted the 17 cosponsors, including party leaders like John McCain and Orrin Hatch.

The Nickles bill was introduced in March (CT, May 18, 1998, p. 20) after the U.S. House had already considered passage of the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, commonly known as the Wolf - Specter bill after its cosponsors Rep. Frank Wolf (R. - Va.)

The Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, known as the Wolf - Specter Bill after its cosponsors Rep. Frank Wolf (R - Va.)

Please cosponsor this important bill today!

Please help us support Congresswoman DeLauro's bill by taking just a moment to call or email your representative and asking him or her to sign on as a cosponsor.

A Senate bill that would reverse the @FCC decision to repeal @BarackObama's #NetNeutrality rules now has 40 cosponsors, allowing it to bypass the @GOP - led committee and head straight to the Senate floor where it needs just 11 more votes to pass

According to this tweet from the Democrat Coalition, it seems to suggest that a bill can bypass committee action and be voted on in the Senate, should it obtain a number of cosponsors.

Ryan and Akin cosponsored a «personhood» bill that would not only prohibit rape survivors from seeking an abortion, but would likely treat terminating a pregnancy that results from rape as a homicide crime.

I'm an original cosponsor of the 9/11 health bill and believe we should support our first responders who sacrificed so much on 9/11 and in the time that followed.»

Huelskamp said his bill has no cosponsors yet, but said its language will be almost identical to past Federal Marriage Amendments introduced in Congress.

Those senators have said they would support some version of the Compassionate Care Act, a bill cosponsored by Independent Democratic Conference senator Diane Savino.

In June 2017, Rep. Robert Brady introduced a bill to automatically register eligible citizens to vote in federal elections when they interact with numerous state and federal government agencies; Sens. Patrick Leahy, Amy Klobuchar, and Dick Durbin cosponsored identical legislation in the Senate.

On Thursday, just before sitting at a desk to sign the bill, Ulrich and councilman Peter Vallone, who cosponsored the legislation, heaped praise on the mayor for coming around on their proposal.

Savino, a member of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, is cosponsor of the bill with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, who chairs the Assembly's Health Committee.

In addition, I have signed on as a cosponsor of a bipartisan bill in Congress that directs the National Institute of Health to prioritize research of Scleroderma, aiding in this effort,» said Congressman Chris Gibson (NY - 19).

Oswego County Assemblyman Will Barclay (R - Pulaski), a cosponsor of the bill, is optimistic about its chances of becoming law.

The bill is cosponsored by Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan) and has the support of City Speaker Christine Quinn, who reportedly said she could pass the bill and override a veto.

The only apparent concession to some of the member's suggestions was an amendment to a rule to allow members to make changes or amendments to bills even if they are not signed on as sponsors or cosponsors of the legislation.

The TSA accountability bill has four cosponsors — two Democrats and two Republicans.

Stefanik's bill has 14 cosponsors — eight Republicans and six Democrats.

Other original cosponsors like Rubio's partner in the U.S. Senate from Florida, Democrat Bill Nelson.

Approximately 90 House members, more than a quarter Republicans, are cosponsors of the bill.

It focuses more on helping people than punishing addicts with jail time, says the Senate bill cosponsor Terence Murphy, R - Yorktown.

With the exception of some bills while Walker was running for Milwaukee County Executive, Walker either sponsored or cosponsored all but three bills that would have restricted abortions.

Gipson says he's been picking up cosponsors since having introduced the bill in April, and says he is making progress in educating his colleagues about the issue.

Schneiderman was the primary sponsor of 11 ethics related bills during his 10 years in the Senate and cosponsor on 11 more.

I recall signing on as a cosponsor when former Assemblywoman Janelle Hyer - Spencer was the bill sponsor.

But his bill had some good ideas and has drawn almost as many Republican cosponsors as democrats.

Senate Bill 5889 - B, sponsored by Sen. Catharine Young, R - Olean, and cosponsored in the Assembly by Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R - Ellicott, requires the state to take over the present county Medicaid mandate, alleviating counties of a major cost.

During the question period, Senator Chuck Grassley (R — IA), the cosponsor, with subcommittee colleague Senator Dick Durban (D — IL) of a bill to tighten the H - 1B program, asked Hira if he could «rebut the assertion that some, including your co-panelist Brad Smith, have made that the U.S. does not in fact have enough highly skilled workers.»

The current House bill now has 148 cosponsors but has not moved out of the Committee on Energy and Commerce since it was introduced in March 2009.

This website, also available as an app, is Facebook - based and allows the public to «cosponsor,» or «like,» bills currently in Congress.

She's also found a Republican to replace earlier bill cosponsor Mike Castle (R - DE), who lost a bid for the Senate last fall: Charlie Dent (R - PA).

Latest Title: Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012 Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA - 16](introduced 9/14/2012) Cosponsors (56) Related Bills: S. 3553 Latest Major Action: 9/14/2012 Referred to House committee.

Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill, worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal education dollars to low - income communities and schools in an effort to better support their school reform efforts.