Sentences with phrase «passage of the bill provided»

Colorado's passage of the bill provided weeks of political drama and compromise.

While Bradwell was waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court decision, however, Alta M. Hulett drafted and secured the passage of a bill providing that no person in the state of Illinois can be excluded from any profession because of sex.

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Jim served on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Organic Advisory Task Force for many years and was instrumental in passage of Minnesota's landmark organic certification cost - share program, which now is a Farm Bill program that provides 75 % reimbursement for organic certification costs nationwide.

The American Beverage Association (ABA) today commends Congress for passage of the «Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act,» a bill that will provide necessary funding to federal child nutrition programs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Beverage Association (ABA) today commends the U.S. Senate for bipartisan passage of the «Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act,» a bill that will provide necessary funding to federal child nutrition programs.

Even more disgraceful was Mayor Michael Bloomberg's shameless attempts to buy passage of this legislation with the implied promise of providing financial support to the re-election campaigns of Senators who support the bill.

She said the passage of the Bill also provides enough time for smooth transition from one government to another.

Liberal Democrats in Westminster have also provided robust opposition to the Bill, including by ensuring plans to tilt the scales of party funding in favour of the Conservatives were separated from the Bill during its passage through the Lords.

Including the measure in the budget could provide more leverage against Senate Republicans, who have blocked passage of the bill for a dozen years, by allowing it to be tied to issues the GOP is seeking during the budget talks.

«I continue to advocate for passage of this legislation I sponsor at Madison County's request as a means to provide increased revenue for county services,» Sen. Valesky said in a statement about the bill.

May, the university's coordinator of sustainability education, said Valesky and the IDC have successfully blocked passage of bills such as the New York Health Act, which would provide universal, government - run health care in a new single - payer system.

Amid the backdrop of a pitched battle over immigration on the national level, Assembly Democrats on Monday once again pushed for the passage of the Dream Act, a state - level bill that provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

The Fighting for Children PAC has hired Justin McCarthy to provide advice on the push for the passage of the bill, the Child Victims Act.

At the same time, the Assembly is once again pushing for the passage of the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

``...... the passage of the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.....»

While corroborating his point, Rep. Nnanna Igbokwe (PDP - Imo) said that passage of the bill would provide more opportunities for Nigerian students who were financially incapacitated to further their studies.

Occupy Ghana, which has been strong advocates for the passage of the Right To Information Bill, has called on the government to provide dates on when it will «publish and gazette the Bill,» on when the «bill shall be tabled for debate in Parliament» and finally on when «the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary affairs shall conclude its deliberations on the Bill.&raBill, has called on the government to provide dates on when it will «publish and gazette the Bill,» on when the «bill shall be tabled for debate in Parliament» and finally on when «the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary affairs shall conclude its deliberations on the Bill.&raBill,» on when the «bill shall be tabled for debate in Parliament» and finally on when «the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary affairs shall conclude its deliberations on the Bill.&rabill shall be tabled for debate in Parliament» and finally on when «the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary affairs shall conclude its deliberations on the Bill.&raBill.»

Senator Gillibrand's bill would establish the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, which would provide grants to develop educational programs that celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment.

Among the solutions county lawmakers are seeking is passage of Senate bill S. 429A, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Gallivan, R - Elma, that would, over a 20 - year period, lead to a state takeover of the full costs of Medicaid, or Assembly bill A. 4072, sponsored by Corwin, that would allow counties to opt out of providing various Medicaid services not mandated by the federal government, but currently mandated by Albany.

The passage of the bill came a week after the Council requested $ 10 million in federal funds to expand a program to provide the city's 30,000 autistic children with GPS trackers.

It orders DOE to provide an update on its plans for the machine within 90 days of the final passage of the appropriations bill.

Catching the Democratic leadership by surprise, members voted 292 to 126 to block passage of a 5 - year authorization bill that would have provided healthy increases in the research and education budgets of the National Science Foundation and research programs at the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce.

The 203 - to - 206 vote was on final passage of a second continuing resolution, a temporary spending bill to provide funds for federal agencies not covered under regular appropriations measures.

In Utah, prior to the passage of their Course Access bill, only a couple school districts provided online courses.

A month of negotiations during a special session of the Washington legislature has provided the extra time needed to secure passage of a comprehensive school - choice bill advocated by Gov. Booth Gardner.

For example, Parent Revolution staffers and lobbyists arrived in Florida in 2010 to promote Parent Trigger by selling themselves as authentic parents to politicians, providing talking points and pushing the passage of the bill for the 2012 session.

REACH remains committed to pursuing passage of Senate Bill 1, which provides opportunity scholarships for both public - to - public and public - to - private school choice.

In 2013, they led the passage of the School Climate Bill of Rights, which promises to end harmful discipline policies that push students — particularly boys of color — out of our schools, invest in smarter alternatives to suspension and provide clearer school climate data.

Linked bill A bill that is contingent upon passage of another bill within the same chamber, e.g., a trust fund bill, a bill providing a public record exemption, or an implementing bill.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

It also is working for passage of the Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act, a bill that would provide veterinary schools with competitive grants to increase capacity in these shortage areas.

On Sunday, Feb. 25, Rude Ranch will host a celebration to commemorate the passage of this bill, as well as the expansion to Rude Ranch's Spay Spa & Neuter Nook, for which Alley Cat Allies provided a $ 50,000 grant.

Lobby day participants are urging passage of S.B. 380, a bill that would make cockfighting a felony, make it a felony to provide a premises for animal fighting, possess animals for fighting or animal fighting paraphernalia, require forfeiture of animals for people convicted of animal fighting and prohibit wagering on animal fights.

Linked bill A bill that is contingent upon passage of another bill within the same chamber, e.g., a trust fund bill, a bill providing a public record exemption, or an implementing bill.

Miller — who lobbied for passage of the bill in Washington, D.C., in April — says the Marketplace Fairness Act is important because it sets a standard and provides consistency across all states.

The Alexander Pryor legislation, I think Senator Alexander, who we might think of as the next Dick Lugar, is trying to provide cover for Democrats in tough election races to say that they're voting for something that has absolutely no chance of passage, because their bill would take 60 votes, whereas Senator Inhofe's much better resolution, which would block the rule entirely, only takes 50.

This would provide a more in - depth look at pending bills and would provide predictions of a bill's outlook and chance of passage.

Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Bill, as it stood on 19 March 2009, at the end of its passage through the House of Commons, contains provisions whose purpose is to allow disabled people to have similar influence over a range of social welfare services as they currently have over services provided under the community care legislation.

The biggest victory was the passage of the Innovation Act in the House of Representatives, an extremely promising bill that provides a number of fixes to the patent troll problem — from fee - shifting provisions to much - needed transparency reforms.