Sentences with phrase «fought for its passage»

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

«In his 250 - page Agenda for a New NY he pledged to fight for passage of the Reproductive Health Act to codify Roe v. Wade in New York, and he is committed to continuing the state's support for family planning health centers and the vital primary and preventive health care they provide.»

A co-host of «The View,» former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin, has joined the fight for passage of a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults.

At noon, a coalition of groups announce a new alliance to fight for passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act, state Capitol, outside Senate Chambers, Albany.

The brave students from Parkland have made it clear we must confront the scourge of gun violence, and here in New York, I'm proud to join my colleagues Senator Kavanagh and Assemblymember Simon in fighting for passage of ERPO legislation this session.»

• Protect Reproductive Rights: To protect a woman's right to choose options in the face of an unplanned or problematic pregnancy, Governor Cuomo will fight for passage of reproductive rights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care decisions.

Protect Reproductive Rights: To protect a woman's right to choose options in the face of an unplanned or problem pregnancy, Governor Cuomo will fight for passage of reproductive rights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care decisions.

The coalition is fighting for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act (A1548 / S782) which would require acute care facilities and nursing homes to implement safe nurse - to - patient ratios.

Springer (bottom l.) joined other survivors and advocates at a protest rally to fight for the passage of the Child Victims Act outside Zurich Insurance Group in Lower Manhattan.

Supporters vowed to continue the fight for passage, the science lobbies geared up for the effort, and the bill, including the amendment, finally passed the House on 28 May.

«But, in the end, the will to fight for passage, to stand up to the public school teachers unions, was not there.»

Known as a window sticker — or Monroney sticker, after U.S. Senator Almer Stillwell «Mike» Monroney who fought for the passage of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act of 1958 — this piece of paper is filled with vehicle information that's important to your car or truck purchasing decision.

Currently, we are fighting for the passage of my SB 915, which would extend the deadline to apply for post-conviction relief when new evidence emerges from 60 days to one year.

Not exact matches

The day after Vermont legalized assisted suicide, for instance, Cardinal Seán O'Malley of Boston, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, warned of a «slippery slope» and urged Catholics to fight the future passage of such laws.

For years, she had used clobber passages in an attempt to correct the flaw and fight the spiritual battle.

Thus, in such passages as Galatians 4:3, Colossians 2:8,15, and Ephesians 6:12, Christians are exhorted to enter into the freedom Christ has won for them, and to fight against the domination of the hypercosmic powers.

For those of us who stood with you and fought with you during the passage of the HHFKA, it would have been disheartening (though understandable, in my opinion) if you'd decided to wage this battle quietly and out of the public eye.

«Whether it has been shepherding through passage of historic health care legislation, authoring Empowerment Zone legislation, or leading the fight for affordable housing and 9/11 legislation, no one has worked harder than Charlie Rangel to improve the lives and well - being of working men and women.»

Fighting for Children, the political action committee that is pushing for the passage of the Child Victims Act, has endorsed Democratic state Senate candidate Luis Sepulveda in the 32nd district race.

Democratic Senate hopeful Sara Niccoli on Monday was endorsed by the Fighting For Children PAC, a political action committee formed by an upstate businessman who is pushing for the passage of the Child Victims AFor Children PAC, a political action committee formed by an upstate businessman who is pushing for the passage of the Child Victims Afor the passage of the Child Victims Act.

Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, made passage of stringent reforms on the income and pensions for public officials the center of his campaign in the brutal fight with Republican candidate Chris McGrath.

State Sen. Marty Golden (R - C - I - Brooklyn) announced that the New York state Senate this week gave final passage to a bill that helps fight the high cost of prescriptions by preventing consumers from overpaying for medications.

The PAC, Fighting for Children, was formed by Greene County businessman Gary Greenberg to push for the passage of the bill that makes it easier for the survivors of sexual abuse to file lawsuits.

In a joint statement released shortly after noon, the mayor (a former state senator himself) and the veteran congressman (a former state assemblyman) cited Kennedy's «hard work» and «relentless fight» on behalf of working families inthe 63rd Senate District, noting his push for the UB 2020 plan and success in strengthening penalties for child abuse through the passage of Jay - J's Law.

While the dinner — ESPA's biggest annual fundraiser that nets more than $ 1 million — is in part a celebration of the passage of gay marriage bill, organizers also want to «build a base to protect our victory and continue the fight for equality and justice.»

Wildfire Funding and Environmental Reviews — Vote Passed (232 - 188, 12 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would allow for a presidential declaration of a major disaster with regard to wildfires, which would allow for the release of funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund to fight major wildfires, and would modify the disaster cap under the Budget Control Act to account for expected wildfire funding needs.

The Fighting for Children PAC has hired Justin McCarthy to provide advice on the push for the passage of the bill, the Child Victims Act.

So when their leader finished his most intense passage of all with a declaration that «we will be fighting head and heart and soul for a majority Conservative government», they clapped the applause of the desperate.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says she hopes the governor fights for actual passage of the measures.

On the suffragette front, New York State has played a critical role in the fight for women's equality, from hosting the first - ever Women's Rights Convention in 1848 to the passage of the Women's Equality Agenda in 2015.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, said she hopes the governor fights for actual passage of the measures.

I urge my Senate colleagues to join me in fighting for the immediate passage of this bill,» said State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeffrey D. Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester).

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The fight over health care reform took center stage on Capitol Hill on Friday, as the House Democratic leadership stepped up its push for passage of a bill before the August congressional recess.

Luis Cabrales, who worked for many years as a campaign director for the Coalition for Clean Air, a venerable green group that was instrumental in the passage of California's historic vehicle Smog Check Program in the early 1970s, has spent most of his adult life fighting for environmental justice.

Tapping into the tradition of hiking all 48 4,000 - footers in New Hampshire as a New England hiker's rite of passage, «Reach for the Peaks — the White Mountains» was created in the spring of 2014 as a new way to raise money for the Cancer Center and to bring a special experience to those who want to stand up and do something to fight cancer.

Cayenne pepper is high in capsaicin, which is known for its many benefits including pain relief, weight loss, fights cancer, prevent ulcers, drain congested nasal passages, among other benefits.

In the sublime final moments of The Darjeeling Limited, the brothers stop fighting the passage of time and learn to revel in the moment, yearning for the palpable substance of everyday joys instead of faking them to sustain the status quo.

At about the time the two men in her life volunteer for the fighting in France, she is admitted to Oxford University despite being unable at the entrance exam to translate a passage into Latin.

The bruising seven - month legislative war that ended with the passage of a compromise federal budget changed the terms of the debate on education spending and forced the education lobby to fight for the very survival of the programs it champions.

Parent Power activists such as the Connecticut Parents Union are already gearing up for a fight with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association over expanding the reach of the state's Parent Trigger law; the fight is particularly tinged by revelations earlier this year of the AFT's presentation on how it unsuccessfully attempted to kibosh the passage of the Parent Power law and how it exacted revenge by ousting Jason Bartlett, the legislator who led the passage of the law and the neutralizing of his former colleague, Gary Holder - Winfield.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

Two years ago, California for Justice student leaders fought to have their voices to be heard in the passage of the Local Control Funding Formula — driving more resources to students with the most needs.

Sen. King «fought to keep college affordable... by spearheading passage of bipartisan legislation to lower federal student loan interest rates;» in fact, he was a cosponsor for the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act.

Jennifer Cummings, Animal Control Officer of Claremore, fought for the 2009 passage of this ordinance.

His efforts led to the successful passage of legislation in forty - two states, through direct lobbying activity as well as grassroots lobbying efforts, including the passage of stricter animal abuse laws for horse racing, dog racing, dog fighting, cockfighting, puppy mills, and pet stores.

Every heat cycle, there's a natural reduction of white cells from the uterus to allow for safe sperm passage, causing a lapse in protection that can decrease the ability to fight infection.

Lobby day participants are urging passage of S.B. 380, a bill that would make cockfighting a felony, make it a felony to provide a premises for animal fighting, possess animals for fighting or animal fighting paraphernalia, require forfeiture of animals for people convicted of animal fighting and prohibit wagering on animal fights.

After so many teasers from screenshots to gifs and short clips, we finally get a proper trailer for Deep Rock Galactic in its pre-alpha state, showcases the core features and what we'll do in the game from mining, opening up new passages, fighting a variety of creatures, and zip - lining which is underrated and under used -LSB-...]

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

An 18 - month fight over energy in Massachusetts just culminated in passage of a streamlined bill being called «a huge step» for clean energy and «transformational» for offshore wind.