Sentences with phrase «passed key legislation»

To date, the state has passed key legislation surrounding teacher accountability, charter schooling, and turning around underperforming schools.

With deadlock in the Senate it will be harder to pass key legislation needed for economic reforms.

Fostered communication and consensus building between members of the State Legislature, interest groups, and lobbyists resulting in the needed support to pass key legislation.

But as a similar move to repeal Obamacare proved — alignment may not be enough to secure the necessary votes to pass key legislation.

Not exact matches

The House set the ball in motion recently, passing legislation to repeal and replace key components of financial reform put in place in 2010.

The resolution, which contains instructions for key health care - related committees to begin drafting legislation to undo the health law, must also be passed by the House of Representatives (and is expected to get a vote there this week).

In all four approaches available to Congress for passing spending legislation, the GOP would have an opportunity to attach riders that could sink their least favorite Obama initiatives — either by defunding or otherwise weakening key policies.

The subject is a dense one, but key for business organizations, especially the Business Council, which had sought the legislation after the last package passed more than a decade ago.

New York's eleventh - hour failure to pass cap - lifting legislation has been widely cited as one of the key contributors to the state's second - to - last placement among RttT competitors in the first go - round.

, the state executive director writes that the ad campaign is meant to be part of a weeks - long campaign meant to highlight the gun control issue, which has been a key issue for the governor, and «holding them accountable» on passing new legislation.

Fresh on the heels of a similar state law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo three weeks ago, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) announced last week that legislation he introduced to ban the sale of bath salts has been passed out of a key Senate committee.

Federal funding for surface highwayconstruction projects will expire on Sept. 20 unless Congress passes legislation to authorize continued funding for key infrastructure projects.

Still, having the wage provision not tied to inflation, a key provision for more liberal lawmakers who backed the legislation when it was proposed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last year, could make things easier to pass through the GOP conference.

McKinney, a state senator representing Newtown, was a key supporter of the sweeping gun control legislation that passed in the aftermath of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shootings.

This past spring, I co-sponsored key legislation that the New York State Assembly passed with strong bipartisan support that would close the LLC loophole (A.6975 - B).

Senator Klein was hailed as a key advocate for critical school bus safety bills supported by the NYSBCA, including legislation that would increase the penalties for drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus.

Key Senate Committee Passes Senator Gillibrand's Legislation Requiring Mental Health Professional on Military Review Board

The last Labour government passed several key pieces of legislation — including that introducing foundation hospitals and tuition fees — thanks to the votes of Scottish MPs whose constituents were unaffected, given Holyrood's control of health and education policy.

That administrative change would mirror a key provision of the legislation the council passed in late November.

Last week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrandannounced key provisions from their legislation to help increase employment among at - risk youth passed Congress as part of a bipartisan, bicameral deal — the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)-- which reauthorizes federal job -LSB-...]

Hedegaard, who will play a key role in the December climate talks here, appeared to back away from a recent call on Obama to pass legislation designed to reduce U.S. carbon emissions before those talks.

Frank Langella («The Americans») is strong as always as LBJ mentor Sen. Richard Russell, a good ol' boy who parted ways with the President on the key issue of the day and warned of the Democratic Party losing the South for generations if civil rights legislation passed.

And Rep. Edward Hanes, Jr. (D - Forsyth), a key sponsor of the school voucher bill, backed off on his support as it became clear the budget bill would pass — with the school voucher legislation included.

For instance the descriptions of the Democrats for Education Reform during the Democratic National Convention in 2008 and the work to pass Colorado's landmark teacher effectiveness legislation (S.B 191) were mostly accurate in their implications but missed key aspects of what and how they occurred.

The tax bill the Senate passed has key differences from the tax bill passed in the House, so we have a chance to stop this legislation from becoming law.

Congressman Bishop spent his career as a public school teacher in Box Elder County and Senator Stephenson led the effort to pass Utah's initial charter school legislation and continues to play a key role in Utah's education reform movement.

Both Donovan and Williams played key roles in helping Governor Malloy pass his ant - teacher, pro-charter school legislation in 2012.

And, doing that was good for us and animals across our state, because having breeders at the table supporting our puppy mill legislation was the key factor that got the bill passed into law here.

Passing well - crafted legislation can be a key way to change the world for companion animals.

It's been seven years since we passed key puppy mill legislation to address «large - scale breeders,» otherwise known as our puppy mill law.

The United States» Congress won't pass domestic legislation without key developing countries like China, which is now a major greenhouse gas emitter signing on to reduction commitments; and China sees themselves as a developing country that has acted progressively and responsibly to address climate change when it technically has no obligation to do so under the UNFCCC.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/3097-obama-woos-senators-for-climate-change-legislation «President Obama is turning up the heat on Congress to pass comprehensive climate - change legislation, meeting today with key Senators from both parties at the White House.

«Thanks to the federal government, who has done nothing on this issue other than pass the Indian Act, there is no over-arching legislation that provides certainty in relation to acquisition of consent, unless the band and the collective self - identify,» said Charles Willms, chairman of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP's Vancouver aboriginal law practice, speaking at the panel, Key Legal Cases in Canada: The Current Landscape.

All parliaments and local governments pass formal motions of support for the Australian Declaration Towards Reconciliation and the Roadmap for Reconciliation, enshrine their basic principles in appropriate legislation, and determine how their key recommendations can best be implemented in their jurisdictions.

But because of the crucial role they play in homeownership, and thus the broader economy, the final legislation that gets passed by the full Congress could leave key protections in place.

However, at least one key piece of legislation that Realtors ® support will likely be considered and passed before the end of the year.

There are two key pieces of legislation that have passed the House and are waiting for action in the Senate.

The split within the GOP is a key reason why House Republicans have not sought to pass housing - finance legislation this year.