Sentences with phrase «house with bipartisan support»

The Every Student Succeeds Act, the bipartisan bill to revise and revamp No Child Left Behind, passes the House with bipartisan support.

(Texas) A sweeping overhaul of the school funding system won approval last week from the Legislature's lower house with bipartisan support, but still faces an uncertain future in the state Senate.

Kline's charter - school oversight measure passed the House with bipartisan support.

Not exact matches

Although the bill drew bipartisan support in the Senate, with 14 Republicans voting for it, it will almost certainly face a tougher fight in the Republican - controlled House of Representatives in the weeks to come.

With last - minute support from Maryland's Republicans, the House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill Friday to raise the nation's debt ceiling, but the high - stakes hunt for a bipartisan plan that could pass both chambers of Congress was set to...

He points to the bipartisan support for the so - called «SELF DRIVE» Act, which quickly cleared the House with unanimous support in September but hasn't been cleared yet by the Senate.

As students across the country walked out of their schools for the National Student Walkout in honor of the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, House lawmakers passed a narrow gun violence prevention measure with overwhelming bipartisan support.

The «Pastor Protection» bill just breezed through the Texas House and Senate with strong bipartisan support, and should soon be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.

As the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote this coming Thursday on the Republican plan to replace Obamacare with the American Health Care Act, a proposal limiting New York state's funding formula for Medicaid is getting some bipartisan support.

N.Y. — As the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote this coming Thursday on the Republican plan to replace Obamacare with the American Health Care Act, a proposal limiting New York state's funding formula for Medicaid is getting some bipartisan support.

«Later this afternoon, the President is going to be signing two bills that were both passed with bipartisan support that help protect those who protect us,» then - White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said at a press briefing in 2017.

New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says he expects criminal justice legislation to hit the House floor in the next few weeks with bipartisan support.

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a $ 7.85 billion aid package for Hurricane Harvey victims with broad bipartisan support.

The two - year budget deal passed the House 332 - 94 with overwhelming bipartisan support.

The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both houses of the legislature.

The proposal passed with bipartisan support in the House and Senate before being approved by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.

Mr. de Blasio was joined by Republican State Senator Martin Golden, who praised Mr. de Blasio and called for the creation of more supportive housing, and the mayor argued that showed there was bipartisan support in the Legislature — implying that the holdup was with the governor.

There was little dissent in the House of Commons; nuclear weapons had almost bipartisan support until 1960, with only the Liberals dissenting in 1958.

Cuomo, in a morning radio interview, said he took issue with «the starting point» of negotiation talks between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump, saying there was already growing bipartisan support in Congress to salvage the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program before the leaders met last week.

Indeed, Obama cast his decision as the result of the Republican - led House's failure to act on a comprehensive immigration bill the Senate passed with bipartisan support in June 2013, or advance legislation of its own.

An Assembly bill to close the loophole, sponsored by Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, has passed multiple times with bipartisan support, and Cuomo has indicated he would sign the legislation if passed by both houses.

Research and development areas with strong bipartisan support — such as efforts to combat cancer, brain disorders, and antibiotic resistance, as well as cybersecurity and computing initiatives — will likely continue to receive support under any new White House Administration, Holdren noted.

Chaffetz won bipartisan support in the House more than a year ago for a more limited bill that would shorten the wait for visas for immigrants from countries with the highest number of applications.

«If the Democrats take over, there's probably going to be a big opening and plenty of momentum for climate legislation... with more Republican support,» said Steve Valk, a spokesman for Citizens» Climate Lobby, a group that has helped assemble the bipartisan and growing House Climate Solutions Caucus.

Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate education committee and more than a dozen House members met in a conference committee Wednesday to begin reconciling two bills — one a Republican - only measure that barely passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July, and the other a Senate version that cleared the U.S Senate with big, bipartisan support a few days later.

The legislation expanding the FTC program passed both the House and Senate with strong bipartisan support.

As the 2017 session kicked off, a bill passed in the Senate with bipartisan support, then stalled in the House of Representatives.

And in spring 2001, with strong bipartisan support, NCLB passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 381 to 41 and the Senate by a vote of 87 to 10.

HB1 — The Louisiana Scholarship Program was fully funded with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, providing 8,700 students the opportunity to escape failing and underperforming public schools to attend the private school of their parents» choice for the 2014 - 15 school year.

... would require approval from the D.C. Council and Congress, which seems politically unlikely given a Republican - led House with little interest in helping teachers unions grow and strong bipartisan support for charter schools.

Votes were as close as 65 - 33 in the House and 23 - 8 in the Senate, although some bills passed by far greater margins with bipartisan support.

SB61 — Louisiana's Public School Choice bill, authored by Sen. Ben Nevers (D - Bogaulsa), passed with tremendous bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, which will allow students attending a D or F - rated public school to transfer to the A, B or C - ranked public school of their parents» choice, provided the school has room for the student.

Last year, the House and Senate education committees passed legislation to update the law, but the bills — approved with bipartisan support in the Senate but by only Republicans in the House — clashed in terms of the federal role in education.

Both the House and Senate passed the legislation, described as a «game - changer,» with wide bipartisan support on Oct. 7 to send it to Kasich.

The proposed Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, or H.R. 5587, approved 37 - 0 by the House Education and Workforce Committee with broad bipartisan support, would reauthorize the Perkins Act and is a promising start to satisfy these goals.

We are at a historical crossroads, with companion bills, SB 457 and HB 2337, in the state House and Senate and bipartisan support.

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives approved the Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act (HR 10) with strong bipartisan support in a vote of 360 to 45 during National Charter Schools Week.

House Education and Workforce Committee Passes Bill Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent PredatorsLast week, with broad bipartisan support, the House of Representatives passed legislation designed to help keep children safe from sexual predators and other violent adults in their schools.

One bipartisan - supported reprieve to the looming class size order, House Bill 13, gained unanimous approval in the state House in February, but despite advocates» calls for urgent action this spring, the legislation has lingered in the Senate Rules Committee with little indication it will be taken up soon.

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate with broad housing industry support last month would require the Federal Housing Finance Agency to direct the government - sponsored enterprises to accept new credit scoring models, like the VantageScore model created by Equifax, Experian and Tranhousing industry support last month would require the Federal Housing Finance Agency to direct the government - sponsored enterprises to accept new credit scoring models, like the VantageScore model created by Equifax, Experian and TranHousing Finance Agency to direct the government - sponsored enterprises to accept new credit scoring models, like the VantageScore model created by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

These bills were introduced at the request of Governor Ed Rendell and have passed a House legislative committee; they have broad bipartisan support with more than 100 sponsors.

Thanks to a state coalition that met with and educated legislators, Senate Bill 852 received unanimous bipartisan support in both the state House and Senate because of its improvement of standards for breeder requirements.

After moving smoothly through the Kentucky Senate with strong bipartisan support, and a very rocky trip through the House, this landmark legislation has now become Kentucky law.

I am pleased that the House has passed the Upton - Inhofe bill — which would stop the E.P.A.'s cap - and - trade agenda — with overwhelming bipartisan support.»

The Dallas Morning News reports that the state ban on fracking bans won a «sweeping victory» with «overwhelming bipartisan support» in both of Texas» legislative houses.

As a result, Congress tried again in 2014 and came close to achieving meaningful reform with a proposed law called the Innovation Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a large margin, and which enjoyed bipartisan support from influential Senators like John Cornyn (R - Tx) and Chuck Schumer (D - NY), as well as President Obama.

The Coalition for Patent Fairness thanks the broad, bipartisan group of House lawmakers who came together today in support of innovation and America's businesses to pass H.R. 3309, The Innovation Act, with a remarkable 325 - 91 vote.

The bill, which passed with bipartisan support, will now go to the Senate, where it is expected to pass and to the White House, which is also in favor.

Late last year, the House passed the Innovation Act with enormous bipartisan support.

The Innovation Act was a great start and passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.