Sentences with phrase «overwhelming bipartisan support»

The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both houses of the legislature.
The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, setting in motion a new statewide strategy to advance the teaching profession.
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.
I expect it will receive overwhelming bipartisan support by the full General Assembly, and hopefully the governor will sign it.
However, a recent national survey conducted by Penn State researchers found overwhelming bipartisan support for parks and recreation.
«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.
«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.
Polls show overwhelming bipartisan support for the common - sense idea that schools receiving public dollars to educate children should be accountable for providing a good education.
Although NAR strongly objected mixing provisions of the larger reform bill with the temporary extension, the elimination of the rate subsidies was a necessary compromise in the face of overwhelming bipartisan support in both the House and Senate for the provision.
In fact, the initiatives that Clinton failed to pass because they were seen as federal overreach were less prescriptive than the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act — passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001.
The provision was modeled after the successful Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that was created by Congress in 1982, reauthorized and expanded with overwhelming bipartisan support in 1992, 2000, and 2011, and is now funded at over $ 2 billion per year across 11 federal agencies.
At the time it was established, the LSC received overwhelming bipartisan support, and the availability of funds to provide legal help to low - income citizens should still be an issue that crosses party lines, she said.
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.
Congress passed updated healthy school lunch standards, based on recommendations from pediatricians, with overwhelming bipartisan support to help reduce our country's childhood obesity epidemic and ensure kids are able to get nutritious food at school.
A bill closing the LLC Loophole has already passed in the Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan support, 120 - 8.
The two - year budget deal passed the House 332 - 94 with overwhelming bipartisan support.
Last year lawmakers passed a Republican - backed budget with overwhelming bipartisan support, despite the Democratic governor's objection.
«It's a basic transparency which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support
The bill had overwhelming bipartisan support and passed 363 - 64.
The Every Student Succeeds Act, the federal education law passed in 2015, is part of what would seem to be a dying breed: major pieces of domestic policy legislation passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.
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.
Senate floor consideration, described above, also resulted in overwhelming bipartisan 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.
In December 2015, NCLB was replaced when President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which passed through Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.
Both bills passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.
Looking to create a sea change in energy production in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker signed «An Act to Promote Energy Diversity» with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2016.
I am pleased that the House has passed the Upton - Inhofe bill — which would stop the E.P.A.'s cap - and - trade agenda — with overwhelming bipartisan support
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.
The Innovation Act was a great start and passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.
In July, the Senate passed an extension of TRIA with overwhelming bipartisan support and the backing of the policyholder and insurance communities.
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