Sentences with phrase «passed national legislation»

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Pass the already proposed legislation called the National Regulatory Budget Act, which would establish a «budget» restricting new federal regulations that affect business owners.

The White House threatened to veto emergency House legislation that aims to avert a threatened national default, as Republican Speaker John Boehner labored to line up enough votes to pass the measure.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto emergency House legislation that aims to avert a threatened national default, a pre-emptive strike issued as Republican Speaker John Boehner labored to line up enough votes in his own party to pass the measure.

The Senate took up the National Defense Authorization Act on Monday evening, passing a motion that lets the legislation proceed and consideration of several controversial amendments.

Close to a million students stood up and streamed out of classrooms across the country last week as part of the National School Walkout, which honored the victims of the Parkland shooting one month ago and called on lawmakers to pass gun control legislation.

They tried to pass some legislation in the national assembly but as you know Korean workers struggled against the bill and it was finally postponed to year 2000.

She said that since major lobbies on both sides would probably block a national - level compromise at this point, America is more likely to see more states try to pass Fairness for All legislation before the US Congress does.

Washington (CNN)-- As President Barack Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, demonstrators outside reignited a simmering debate over the role the breakfast's organizers in an attempt to pass anti-gay legislation in Uganda.

The Vermont Right to Know GMOs coalition is working with other states to pass similar legislation in addition to advocating for a national mandatory labeling standard that would comply with Vermont's law.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said today that the enormous costs, complexities and challenges for food manufacturers to comply with Vermont's food labeling mandate show the critical need for Congress to pass federal legislation setting a uniform national food labeling standard.

(Washington, D.C.)-- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said today that the enormous costs, complexities and challenges for food manufacturers to comply with Vermont's food labeling mandate show the critical need for Congress to pass federal legislation setting a uniform national food labeling standard.

Pakistan has recently passed legislation which made parts of the International Code of Marketing of Breast - Milk Substitutes national law.

We were grappling with how best to elevate affordable housing legislation and advocacy after already passing historic national housing legislation in the wake of the foreclosure crisis.

National legislatures too frequently pass legislation limiting freedom and democracy.

What is in serious doubt, however, is the ensuing overreaction of the Suffolk County Legislature, which subsequently passed legislation effectively requiring all county residents operating «a pleasure vessel upon the waters of Suffolk County» to take an 11 - hour boating safety course and pass a final exam before being issued a boating safety certificate by «the Commission of the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary; or by any other entity that offers a boating course that meets the standards set by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators.»

All legislation passed by the National Assembly for Wales is examined to ensure it is within their competence.

Onyeama said the National Assembly had passed several legislation and was currently debating others in its efforts to combat corruption, adding that «Nigeria now has the «Whistle Blowing Policy».

He's taken that results - focused success to Congress to work for us in Washington, passing legislation to prioritize national security, ending the common core mandate, and delivering a bipartisan, long - term highway bill.

Until the Democratic Congress passes, and President Obama signs, legislation enacting ENDA, repealing DADT, and repealing DOMA, we ask you to join us in pledging to postpone contributions to the Democratic National Committee, Organizing for America, and the Obama campaign.

Washington (CNN)- One day after the Senate passed a full - spectrum immigration bill with overwhelming support, the chairman of the Republican National Committee re-emphasized the need for reform but said the final contours of the legislation are far from settled.

Flanagan spokesman Scott Reif made a distinction between positions held by the Senate GOP and Trump's national candidacy, saying the Senate passed women's equality legislation that «ensures equal pay for equal work, protects the victims of domestic violence and creates zero tolerance for sexual harassment in the workplace.»

«Passing legislation that fails to include the input of survivors and advocates will not make New York the national leader on this issue we all want it to be,» they wrote in a statement released Monday.

The budget resolution could also pave the way for opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil exploration by ensuring that drilling legislation can pass with only Republican votes.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Tom Reed announced Monday in Watkins Glen new legislation which, if passed, would allow the National Parks Service to conduct a feasibility study, the first step in the process.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- Rep. Chris Collins says the House of Representatives is expected to pass amended legislation creating a national firefighter cancer registry in the coming weeks.

Sasiadek argued that if Congress bars states from legislating on the gun issue, a future Congress might decide it has to take matters into its own hands and pass far - reaching national gun control legislation.

Aubry said he believes he is the best candidate because of his significant experience in Albany and the major legislation he has passed in that time, such as the reform of the Rockefeller drug laws and sponsoring the United States Tennis Association's National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

A national action organization called CREDO has launched a petition that asks citizens to tell Congress being gay is not an illness and they want them to pass the legislation to ban conversion therapy.

After multiple incidents of violence and threats directed at the offices and even the homes of some Democrats who voted for the recently passed health care legislation, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the head of President Obama's grassroots political operation both sent fundraising messages to supporters that mentioned the recent incidents.

In addition, the outgoing Congress also passed legislation authorizing a 6 percent increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health.

The animal would become the first U.S. national mammal under legislation passed by the House of Representatives and Senate last week, which is now awaiting President Barack Obama's signature.

The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is also considered must - pass legislation and both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees approved their versions of the bill.

Okyanos is proud to have been the first cell therapy facility to receive approval from the Bahamas National Stem Cell Ethics Committee (NSCEC) under legislation passed in 2013 which allows and regulates the use of patients» own adult stem cells in the treatment of certain chronic conditions.

If passed, the legislation would substantially increase federal research into threats from hormone - disrupting chemicals and require the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to report to the public every two years on the extent to which hormone disruption by chemicals poses a threat to human health and the environment.

Join National Eczema Association in encouraging lawmakers to pass legislation that helps people with eczema get access to safe, affordable treatments and increases the number of dollars the government allocates to eczema research.

March 16, 2016 • The Senate failed to pass legislation on Wednesday that would have created national, voluntary standards for labeling genetically modified foods or GMOs.

Legislation passed late last week will keep the gas used in party balloons flowing from the national stockpile.

The Education (Scotland) Bill has been passed by Scottish Government, including new legislation for national testing in literacy and numeracy at primary and secondary level.

Senate Overwhelmingly Passes New National Education Legislation Washington Post, 12/9/15 «But all players were feeling «reform fatigue,» said Martin West, an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

The House last week passed and sent to President Clinton legislation to extend through 1994 the state - level assessments under the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

But members of the goals panel, noting that both chambers had passed versions of the legislation, said that the death of the bill does not represent a setback in the effort to establish a set of voluntary national standards...

When Congress passed charter school legislation for Washington, D.C., in 1995, our public schools were a national disgrace, characterized by decrepit buildings, a meddling school board, patronage - based employment, sky - high truancy, and some of the nation's lowest graduation rates and test scores.

Since I worked on national legislation for nearly three decades, I am well - aware that what is proposed here in all its detail would be difficult to pass in Congress at the present time.

In 1978, the United States Congress passed legislation, which was signed by President Jimmy Carter, proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day.

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.

In December 2015, the US Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces No Child Left Behind as the signature piece of national education legislation.

In 1998, when only 20 percent of the California's fourth - graders tested at or above proficient in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, lawmakers in California passed ambitious legislation meant to strengthen teacher preparation programs.

«It will be the largest piece of legislation regarding education that has passed in over a decade,» said Erin Tuttle, an Indiana mom who has gained national attention for fighting Common Core standards and has established herself as an effective advocate on the matter.

In the case of Nevada, though, state lawmakers passed legislation in 2013 strengthening performance requirements, accountability and capital support, so in future years the state should improve, said Todd Ziebarth, a senior vice president at the National Alliance, during a panel discussion held by the Fordham Institute in D.C.

Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Speaker Boehner, As a result of the midterm elections, you and your colleagues are now in a position to pass bicameral legislation to address critical national issues, including those facing education.