Sentences with phrase «of overwhelming bipartisan support»

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The second bill that passed the House last night, also by an overwhelming bipartisan majority, is the Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2016 (H.R. 4854).

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 goal of START - UP NY — the game - changing initiative passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last year — is to create new jobs, attract new businesses, and encourage current companies to expand, which is why we are investing the resources necessary to get the word out to companies in New York State and across the country,» Conwall said.

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

«Not only does Ballot Proposal # 3 demonstrate how an amendment can be made to the Constitution without the need for a convention, it also has overwhelming bipartisan support among local governments, environmental groups, business organizations and recreational enthusiasts,» said Bill Farber of the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages.

Hawkins said that if the Governor was serious about the 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda he announced 18 months ago in his 2013 State of the State address, he would have backed bipartisan efforts to vote on the nine parts that have overwhelming majority support in both houses and then focus on flipping the Senate to Democratic hands to get the tenth abortion rights point adopted.

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.»

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002, is the name for the most recent update to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

The legislation, which had overwhelming bipartisan support in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, requires the president to detail how the administration will implement the $ 1.2 trillion in sequestration cuts to domestic and defense programs scheduled for the start of 2013 if Congress is unable to agree on another deficit - reduction plan before the end of the year.

Indeed, it is not clear if DeVos fully supports the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and its various components, which were approved by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of both your committee and the full Senate.

In spite of overwhelming evidence and bipartisan agreement on the important role teachers play in shaping children's lives, recent policy initiatives have only served to heap scorn on teachers while concurrently cutting positions, freezing salaries, and removing classroom support.

Introduced by Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R - CA), the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218) passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in a vote of 365 to 54.

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.

Thus, you see an overwhelming majority, strongly bipartisan, that supports a national energy policy that ensures a secure supply of abundant, affordable energy, produced in an environmentally responsible way:

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.

In July, the Senate passed an extension of TRIA with overwhelming bipartisan support and the backing of the policyholder and insurance communities.