Sentences with phrase «led bipartisan efforts»

More power to outgoing state Senate Republican Leader John McKinney, who wants to help lead a bipartisan effort to fix Connecticut's once - heralded 2005 campaign finance reform law.

Congresswoman Lowey helped lead the bipartisan effort to pass the full assistance package.

De Blasio last month said he intended to lead a bipartisan effort to change state voting laws in the next legislative session.

Sen. Patty Murray (D - WA) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN) led the bipartisan effort.

I also led the bipartisan effort to invest in the technology necessary to build plug - in hybrid cars.

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Trump's focus on Saudi purchases of U.S. military equipment came amid a bipartisan effort to limit the United States» role in Yemen's civil war and protests in several U.S. cities over the Saudi - led invasion, which has contributed to a humanitarian crisis.

The request comes amid a bipartisan effort to limit U.S. involvement in the Saudi - led invasion of Yemen, which has sparked a humanitarian crisis.

Ten years later, in another bipartisan effort, this time led by President Ronald Reagan and Senator Russell Long, the Tax Reform Act of 1984 altered the tax incentives to make ESOPs with modest levels of generally 5 - 20 % of employee stock ownership attractive to publicly traded stock market corporations.

A leading Senate Democrat says she's willing to resume efforts to find a bipartisan deal on health care.

«New York leads the nation's efforts in strengthening climate security, and through the RGGI program and this latest bipartisan proposal to reduce emissions even further, the investment of proceeds will continue to support and create thousands of jobs and reduce electricity bills for residents,» Governor Cuomo said.

Schumer's backing of decriminalization adds to what has become a bipartisan effort in the Senate, led by Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, which was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.

Congresswoman Kathy Castor, a Tampa Democrat, says she «led efforts» by the bipartisan Tampa Bay Congressional Delegation to include funding for MacDill Air Force Base.

The bipartisan effort follows demands by the city's top elected Democrats for full compensation after the GOP - led Congress authorized only $ 7 million in reimbursement in December.

Long said she wanted to draw attention to the refugees because immigration is an issue in her election against Schumer, who led an effort to pass a bipartisan immigration reform bill in the Senate.

We encourage our national leaders to make a bipartisan effort to focus on achieving a balanced budget that helps put the U.S. economic house in order, while also putting forth a road map that fosters innovation and leads to economic growth and job creation.»

Senator Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the committee responsible for education, will almost certainly play a leading role, as he did in the successful bipartisan effort to reauthorize the major K - 12 education law in 2015.

In 2004, McCown served as lead author of the commission's bipartisan report, Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action, which recommends policies to overcome existing barriers and make improvement efforts on school issues like low standards.

The project is an initiative of the School Finance Research Collaborative, a bipartisan and diverse group of business leaders and education experts from Metro Detroit to the U.P. who are leading efforts to reexamine school funding in the state.

Thanks to the efforts of bipartisan Congressional lawmakers led by Representatives Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Robert Pittenger (R - NC), this ideal is now acknowledged in new legislation passed in December: the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017.

Dow added: «The creation of Brand USA was a bipartisan effort led by Republicans that passed both chambers by overwhelming majorities.

The Senate has led broadly - supported bipartisan efforts to update grid cybersecurity.

In 2011, at the urging of the state's leading business organizations, bipartisan majorities of Illinois lawmakers approved changes to Illinois workers» compensation laws in an effort to reduce costs for Illinois employers.