Sentences with phrase «legislative efforts took»
One of Rep. Chris Collins» first major legislative efforts took a big step forward, as the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved his bill establishing a grant program that aims to fund innovations being created at the nation's universities, research institutes and laboratories.
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It will be a long week in Washington with a lot of moving parts that could overshadow the tax reform effort, which Republicans hope will be the first major legislative win since Trump took office.
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner vetoed legislative efforts to change her budget, just her third budget veto since taking office more than seven years ago.
Teen drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval Thursday as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.
ALBANY — Teenage drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval Thursday as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.
Teenage drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval today as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to take it slow on a legislative response to the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases contrasts with his speedy effort a year ago to pass the nation's first gun control measure after the Newtown tragedy.
This was an action the governor promised to take after a broader legislative effort was blocked earlier this year by Republicans in the state Senate.
As the legislative session was winding down, Nathan Schaefer, the executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA), was careful not to tip his group's hand regarding the fall elections and took pains to credit the efforts of several IDC members, Avella included, for trying to move the GENDA and SOCE legislation.
As with all major legislative accomplishments, getting from idea to reality takes time and the sustained efforts of committed individuals at every level of government and throughout the communities that stand to gain from a successful campaign.
The legislative outcome of present efforts to further increase the Child Tax Credit will play out in a political arena in which the prospect of winning or losing typically comes to take precedence over (and sometimes eclipses entirely) the substantive goals that originally motivated legislative interest.
That had the effect of Harkin and Enzi, the chief senators, deciding that they would make an effort to reach agreement in order to take legislative action.
Professor Joe Nation, Project Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, has produced a comprehensive examination for Secure Futures Colorado of why past efforts to reform Colorado PERA have fallen short, and what it would take for this latest legislative push to be successful.
SKD Knickerbocker was also the company created the advertising that used in the two extremely expensive «independent expenditure» campaigns that took place during last year's Connecticut legislative elections and that sought to elect two candidates that education reform lobbyists thought would be the most supportive of Malloy's education reform efforts.
Their legislative agenda also includes taking away local citizen control of public schools and supporting the Malloy administration's effort to punish school districts in which more than 5 percent of the parents opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.
PIJAC is tracking legislative trends impacting the pet industry, but it will take an industry - wide effort to convince legislators and others of the benefits of the pet trade.
Dr. Redlener's talk will be followed by a panel discussion focusing on recent opportunities and threats to providing high - quality health care to young children living in poverty and will address policy recommendations and legislative advocacy efforts that can be taken to help ensure the healthy development of young children in poverty.
Editor's note: NAR has not taken a position on climate change but is closely monitoring the real estate impact of federal legislative efforts to reduce energy consumption.