Sentences with phrase «now bipartisan support»

Public support has risen over the years and there is now bipartisan support across the country advocating for high - quality charter schools.

Not exact matches

The measure, now on the way to the Senate, draws bipartisan support but faces a likely IRS challenge — and possible court fight.

The secretary of veterans affairs, David Shulkin, the only holdover from the Obama administration, for a year enjoyed rare bipartisan support in Washington as he reformed his department, but now officials in the Trump administration are trying to replace him.

Dadey, whose thoughts aligned with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's comments today in a radio interview, said the process as it is now hasn't served the public well and that while a perfect compromise isn't possible, the bipartisan support for the overhaul is important.

With less than 24 hours before the polls open and New Yorkers consider an amendment to expand casino gambling, the pro-casino group New York Jobs Now released two TV ads Monday highlighting support from newspaper editorials and bipartisan backing.

Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D - N.Y., added that after weeks of believing that Congress must pass a stand - alone bill that legalizes the status of dreamers, the Hispanic Caucus now supports bipartisan plans to formalize their status and enact changes in border security.

Now that Hillary Clinton has assembled a bipartisan cadre of billionaires to support her candidacy, how does she disperse the moneyed elite to help her in a campaign focused on income inequality?

Right now they're only in New York City, that has the support of more than three - quarters of voters and again, overwhelming bipartisan upstate / downstate support.»

«I think now we've got bipartisan support and this is something we can all join hands about... and get a comprehensive plan together so if it is sold, it's not a detriment to the environment.»

Benjamin also reports that «Sen. Tom Duane, who was initially not pleased with Paterson's decision to push gay marriage, now says he believes the bill will pass «with bipartisan support,» although he isn't naming the names of any GOP supporters.

The bill, one of the Democratic governor's marque initiatives, passed the Senate on a bipartisan vote of 22 to 14; it now moves to the House of Representatives, where it also has bipartisan support.

Holt added, however, that «it always has been possible to find some bipartisan support for science,» and therefore «now is the time to build on that latent bipartisanship.»

(The law is named for its sponsor, now - deceased Republican Assemblyman John Stull of San Diego, who received bipartisan support at the time for this statutory requirement that teachers be held accountable for the academic achievement of their pupils.)

The significance of this goal may explain why the past two federal education laws — No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and now the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces NCLB — both got through Congress with unusually broad bipartisan support.

Controversial at the time, these reforms now have bipartisan support in Florida, where black and Hispanic pupils in particular have made huge gains.

The law, passed with bipartisan support in 2001, is now almost universally seen as broken thanks to mandating standards, such as universal proficiency in math and reading, that have proven impossible to reach.

«Up until now, governors and big - city mayors have supported reform from the center,» White said, hinting at his fear that the bipartisan bonds may finally be fraying.

Passed with overwhelming support in both chambers of the legislature, the bipartisan bill now just awaits the signature of California's governor, Jerry Brown, before it becomes the first statewide law of its kind in the nation.

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

You've got Lieberman and Kerry, who previously were working with Lindsey Graham — even though Lindsey is not on the bill right now — coming up with a framework that has the potential to get bipartisan support.

He withdrew any kind of bipartisan support for an ETS (and more)» «two years ago Canadians gave majority government to Stephen Harper's Conservatives, who were pledged to a sensible use of its resources, so Australians have now elected a government with a pragmatic attitude on global warming» «Led by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, an attempt was made, by what can only be described as alarmists, to exploit these fires for the purposes of the global warming debate.

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 policy has bipartisan support and is endorsed by over 50 University of Washington climate scientists, Audubon Washington, Citizens» Climate Lobby, and numerous other groups and individuals who believe we must take action now on climate change.

The bill, which was openly written with the help of lobbyists, has now gotten bipartisan support from one of the chief opponents of clean energy reform from the Democratic side of the aisle — any guesses on who it is?It's our friend, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D - AR)-- she has cosponsored the amendment, popularly known as the Dirty Air Act, and seeks to protect the interests of heavily polluting industries.

It surely must help politically that onshore wind is now a bedrock of American energy, with rock - solid bipartisan support in an oft - divided America.

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.

«Highly successful tech companies strategically cultivated bipartisan support though lobbying and campaign finance, and a public perception of being benign,» said Raj Goyle, a former Kansas state legislator and ex-Congressional candidate, who now is the co-CEO of legal tech platform Bodhala.

It is now time to harness the bipartisan support for change, and truly make this a process of the people.