Sentences with phrase «on strong bipartisan support»

Building on strong bipartisan support within the Senate Agriculture Committee, Chairman Pat Roberts (R - Kan.)

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A procedural vote on the Russia sanctions is expected Wednesday, and the measure is expected to get strong bipartisan support.

Although strong bipartisan support has been voiced for the JOBS Act amendments, Aguilar's negative sentiment echoes that of Senator Carl Levin (D - MI) who said, «It's as if the SEC is jumping out of an airplane today, and then proposing to check the safety of its parachute on the way down.»

As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.

Research advocates credit the generous increase to strong bipartisan support for NIH as well as the recent budget agreement raising mandatory caps on spending.

So Suresh's official response to the attack on his cherished OneNSF initiatives is predictably bland: «We appreciate the strong bipartisan support for the National Science Foundation and recognition of its importance to our national economy and global competitiveness.

Proponents of reform can count on «strong bipartisan support for new visa programs for STEM» — that is, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — added Teresa Sullivan, Warner's fellow panelist and president of the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, home of the Miller Center, which sponsored the conference.

While there was strong bipartisan support, NCLB was tempered as always by the conflicting political forces of interested parties, including the one anachronism about teacher quality that was based on inputs rather than outputs.

These victories demonstrate the strong bipartisan support for school choice and the focus the electorate has on education.

Getting a well - prepared, well - supported principal in every school is a bipartisan cause, and effective school leadership is critical to delivering on ESSA's promise of local control: strong, sustained, cost - efficient implementation of school improvement strategies that get results for kids in every classroom, every year.

New York, NY — Today, a diverse set of 38 organizations from across the country urged the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies to provide strong funding for the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP)-- an updated version of the School Leadership Program (SLP) reauthorized in the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

At the same time that DoDEA is expanding data collection on its graduates, there is strong bipartisan support for an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that would require states and school districts to report the academic achievements of children from military families.

The poll also found strong evidence for bipartisan support of carbon regulation: 79 percent of Democrats, 76 percent of Independents and a not - too - shabby 57 percent of Republicans said they were in favor of placing state - level limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

The «Rising to the Challenge» conference showed that on the local and state level, there is strong bipartisan support and agreement that the problem of sea - level - rise facing Hampton Roads, its citizens, property and assets is an urgent one.

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.

On behalf of millions of small businesses, startups, innovators and Main Street America, we urge your strong support for bipartisan legislation that provides urgently needed relief and reform, and encourage your continued efforts until the job is done and the bill becomes law.

«In addition to the bipartisan, bicameral support for this legislation in Congress, CPF is encouraged by the strong support for patent reform expressed in President Obama's innovation agenda as outlined on the White House website (www.whitehouse.gov).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sept. 29, 2017 — Despite strong bipartisan support, the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV) expires on Saturday, Sept. 30.

(ii) Seeks to achieve and maintain bipartisan support, and has a strong focus on public education and facilitating popular ownership of the issues.