Sentences with phrase «legislation with bipartisan support»

Lawmakers may take action on several of these bills in the coming week, including three positive pieces of legislation with bipartisan support:

Thanks to recent legislation with bipartisan support, dogs seized from fighting cases in California now have a chance at new lives.

He's been vocal about his desire to work with Republicans on pushing forward legislation with bipartisan support.

Not exact matches

The legislation, which both chambers of Congress passed with bipartisan support, would fund the government through the end of September.

Aubertine says Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for governor, «has set an agenda that includes a permanent successor to Power for Jobs in the mold of the Energize New York legislation I sponsored and passed in the Senate with broad bipartisan support.»

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

I look forward to working on a bipartisan basis with members of the Assembly to support passage of this critical legislation, SWAP, and acquire the necessary funding to upgrade our city's infrastructure,» said Troy City Council President Carmella Mantello.

Also at 11 a.m., elected officials and supporters of New York is Music will join with video game industry professionals from around the state to urge Cuomo to sign bipartisan legislation that supports the creation of thousands of jobs in the two industries, Million Dollar Staircase, stet Capitol, 3rd Floor, Albany.

President Obama signed legislation naming the courthouse after Jackson on October 5, 2012 after it passed in Congress with bipartisan support.

This past spring, I co-sponsored key legislation that the New York State Assembly passed with strong bipartisan support that would close the LLC loophole (A.6975 - B).

But legislation introduced in Albany with bipartisan support would allow it to expand to 20 stores, including five upstate.

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.

«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.

«We look forward to continuing our engagement with the Agency to support the implementation of this important, bipartisan legislation this year and moving forward.»

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

Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of public education.

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.

Such statements might have been viable in 2001 when the NCLB legislation was passed with bipartisan support, but after nearly a decade and a half, there is no evidence to be found that test based accountability is telling us anything we did not already know from other means, nor is there evidence that the children whose plights provided NCLB's rationale are prospering.

In 2001, when George W. Bush's signature «No Child Left Behind» (NCLB) education legislation was passed (with the support of Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy), «disruption,» «markets,» «accountability,» «no excuses,» and «choice» were an established part of the bipartisan vocabulary of school reform.

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.

Senator Manchin III has a history of voting for low student loan interest rates, and he has openly supported legislation such as the bipartisan compromise that dropped interest rates with a market - based solution.

The legislation appeared to be another provision that Republicans would like to advance as part of a regulatory relief package — sponsored by Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R - Idaho — that the Senate approved last week with bipartisan support.

Legislation passed with bipartisan support in the Senate and Assembly would enable the development of community solar in the Silver State Carson City, NV (June 8, 2017)-- The Coalition Read More

Legislation passed with bipartisan support in the Senate and Assembly would enable the development of community solar in the Silver State

When the Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit (REITC) was passed in the NC General Assembly with bipartisan support, few could have predicted the economic success this piece of legislation would have across our state.

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.

The bipartisan state legislation is championed by Sen. Mark Grisanti, R - Buffalo, and Assemblymembers Alan Maisel, D - Brooklyn, and Linda B. Rosenthal, D - Manhattan, with the sponsorship support of 75 state legislators, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D - Queens, in addition to more than a dozen New York City Councilmembers through a resolution by Councilmember Margaret Chin, D - Lower Manhattan.

The most effective solution to this problem is to enact federal legislation, such as the BRIDGE Act, a bill with broad bipartisan support in Congress, with an amendment that would extend DACA protections until comprehensive immigration reform is enacted.

Legislation aimed at extending the act has been introduced in both houses of Congress with bipartisan support in all cases.