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We look forward to working with Chairman Goodlatte, Representative DeFazio and their colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan basis in order to continue to ensure that American businesses are protected against aggressive, anticompetitive attacks by patent trolls in the future.

This extension passed on a bipartisan basis in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

This NAR - supported bill was introduced five years ago on a bipartisan basis in response to the proposed rules by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to define real estate brokerage and management as financial in nature and thus permissible lines of business for banking conglomerates.

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In recent weeks, for instance, on another issue germane to his appeal to his base — immigration — the White House was unwilling to irritate the base and worked to scuttle a bipartisan Senate compromise that would have shielded hundreds of thousands of people who had been brought to the US illegally as kids in return for border wall fundinIn recent weeks, for instance, on another issue germane to his appeal to his base — immigration — the White House was unwilling to irritate the base and worked to scuttle a bipartisan Senate compromise that would have shielded hundreds of thousands of people who had been brought to the US illegally as kids in return for border wall fundinin return for border wall funding.

With the debt limit set to be hit in a matter of hours, Republicans and Democrats in Congress reluctantly accepted the president's demand for the sequester, and a revised version of the Budget Control Act was passed on a bipartisan basis.

Last year Congress acted on a bipartisan basis to pass child care legislation that includes much - needed reforms to improve the quality and safety in child care settings, including requiring training for providers to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, instituting annual inspections of child care facilities, and comprehensive background checks of all providers.

That is, the political system, based on monarchical constitutional nationalism and secured until recently by a bipartisan system, has remained largely in place.

For the first time in 11 years, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 15 - 7 in favor of a bipartisan bill that would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

«We applaud the President's statement that he will sign the Zadroga Act, and we hope that he will join us in urging both houses of Congress to pass the bill on a bipartisan basis when we return in September.

The ad goes on to claim that Faso supported «privatizing Social Security» based on a 2004 op - ed in the New York Times that expressed some support for the findings of former President Bush's bipartisan Commission to Strengthen Social Security, in particular individual savings accounts for young workers in order to preserve the earned benefit and ensure its future solvency.

She expressed frustration over lack of progress on passage of a bipartisan DREAM Act in Congress and the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression.

In a dramatic finish after 3 1/2 hours of contentious debate, the House voted 75 - 74 on a bipartisan basis to send the nomination to the state Senate.

Geoff Davis should be in hot water for opposing a bipartisan Pentagon - backed bill to cap interest rates on loan sharks («payday loans») that cluster around military bases and prey on our young, financially naive volunteer armed - services personnel.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers joined officials in proposing a program that would provide annual repair and maintenance funds to villages, towns and cities based on the size of their water systems.

«In the months ahead, I will continue to put our district first, working on a bipartisan basis to help grow our North Country small businesses, protect and strengthen our nation's military and family farms and to ensure everyone in the 21st District has a strong voice in Washington.&raquIn the months ahead, I will continue to put our district first, working on a bipartisan basis to help grow our North Country small businesses, protect and strengthen our nation's military and family farms and to ensure everyone in the 21st District has a strong voice in Washington.&raquin the 21st District has a strong voice in Washington.&raquin Washington.»

As a result of my bipartisan Ten - in - Ten Fuel Economy Act, which was signed into law in 2007, vehicles are more fuel - efficient and the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards are headed toward responsible levels, based on the best science available.

The Members of Congress who authorize and appropriate funds for NASA clearly are enthusiasts on a bipartisan basis, but where NASA will fit in national priorities for government spending is always the question.

The authors note that their study is based on data up to 2015, and that in the current 2017 federal fiscal year, funding for NIH has increased thanks to bipartisan Congressional appropriations.

For many years, Congress has hotly debated this issue of control, and on a bipartisan basis passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015.

Currently, Digital Promise (an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization originally authorized by Congress in 2008) is spearheading a national effort to develop what it calls an «ecosystem» of microcredentials or digital badges for educators, all of them competency - based, on demand, personalized, and easily displayed on one's web site or CV.

Despite historic bipartisan agreement on the concept of needs - based funding, Labor is throwing Gonski 2.0 back in the Coalition's face.

In response to a call to AFC's national headquarters to ask why they are interested in funding election campaigns for lawmakers in North Carolina, Matt Frendewey, communications director, said via email, «as the nation's voice for educational choice, AFC and its coalition partners in states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.&raquIn response to a call to AFC's national headquarters to ask why they are interested in funding election campaigns for lawmakers in North Carolina, Matt Frendewey, communications director, said via email, «as the nation's voice for educational choice, AFC and its coalition partners in states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.&raquin funding election campaigns for lawmakers in North Carolina, Matt Frendewey, communications director, said via email, «as the nation's voice for educational choice, AFC and its coalition partners in states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.&raquin North Carolina, Matt Frendewey, communications director, said via email, «as the nation's voice for educational choice, AFC and its coalition partners in states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.&raquin states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.&raquin strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.»

Tennessee, a historically low - achieving state, won about $ 500 million in the first round with an application that garnered bipartisan and teachers» union support for, among other things, basing 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation on student performance data.

Based on the bipartisan budget, the new ECS formula is scheduled to be phased - in over 10 years, and over that period, would increase overall ECS funding by an estimated $ 380 million to reach full funding — including an increase of $ 88.9 million in FY 2019 over FY 2018 funding levels when the November 2017 budgetary holdbacks are included.

In the same press release, he voiced his support for the market - based student loan solution, and he was «hopeful for more bipartisan action on education policy reforms.»

Recognizing that the 12 hottest years on record all occurred in the last decade and a half, Obama said his most ambitious goal would be a «bipartisan, market - based solution,» similar to the cap - and - trade system that died in Congress during his first term.

Ocean Champions is the first national organization to focus solely on developing a broad, bipartisan base of supporters for ocean conservation in the U.S. Congress and in key states.

In recent months, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has been steadily reporting out legislation on a bipartisan basis.

«Renewable standards passed over the last decade have been supported on a bipartisan basis, and that was before the dramatic growth in manufacturing and construction jobs the industry created,» said Rob Gramlich, the American Wind Energy Association's senior vice president for public policy.

Pathbreaking bipartisan oil savings legislation based on the Set America Free Coalition's energy security blueprint was recently introduced in the House and Senate (House bill: HR.

If for some reason they actually do the right thing and work on bipartisan, incremental health care improvements, maybe they can campaign in 2018 on the basis of governance rather than emotion.

Fortunately, the current tax credits were extended on a bipartisan basis by Congress at the end of 2015 and continue to enjoy strong support from both sides of the aisle due to the jobs and investments that renewables have generated in both red and blue states nationwide.

In the longer term, Obama will need to work on building a broad base of public support and on grassroots political pressure to change our political systems (especially in Congress) so that we can pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation on climate changIn the longer term, Obama will need to work on building a broad base of public support and on grassroots political pressure to change our political systems (especially in Congress) so that we can pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation on climate changin Congress) so that we can pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation on climate change.

The bipartisan committee called on Congress to enact a law requiring a warrant based on probable cause prior to using cell - site simulators in domestic investigations.

Lastly, in August of 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bipartisan pay equity bill — S. 2119, An Act to Establish Pay Equity — to prevent wage discrimination on the basis of gender.