Sentences with phrase «state support the bill»

The lawmakers also point to a recent Siena Poll which found more than three - fourths of people around the state support the bill and only 17 percent are oppose it.

This bill follows the recommendations of the Georgia Secretary of State's Elections Advisory Commission, and the Secretary of State himself supports the bill.

Not exact matches

«The point of this bill in those states that get a waiver to do what they need to do to make it work better in their particular states has support exactly for that very person who, if, in the course between a year, get extra aid for support for pre-existing conditions,» Ryan explained, citing what he said were successful examples in Wisconsin and Maine.

Although Republicans generally support the bill's broader themes, including a sharp cut in the corporate income tax, there are rumblings of dissent over other elements, including repeal of the deduction for state and local income tax (SALT) payments.

The bill also schedules the closure of the state's Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) program in 2021, and directs regulators to being a process to come up with a new program to support distributed solar, and an «orderly transition» away from SRECs.

While the deadline is past for state Representatives to sign on as co-sponsor, you can still ask your Representative to write a support letter for the bill.

The Treasury department is also supporting a bill to modernize reviews carried out by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an inter-agency government committee that evaluates sales of US businesses to foreign entities to determine the impact on national security.

The state is currently moving closer to adopting a bill that would subject religious higher - education institutions to regulations forbidding them to act on their religious tenets if their students receive state grants to support their studies.

Tyagi Bill supported by the Prime Minister Desai restricting religious conversion and also the discrimination of scheduled caste converts to Christianity in the special benefits to people of the scheduled caste background, may be mentioned as violations of the covenant on the part of the State; and the Christian people have been unhappy at giving up minority communal safeguards and many efforts to organize Christian political parties off and on have been made in several states especially in the South by Christians.

This hashtag activism seeks to punish the state for enacting legislation similar to laws already passed in nineteen other states that mirror a federal bill that received widespread bipartisan support in 1993.

Abortion has come to the fore in a handful of states where self - proclaimed «pro-life» Democratic lawmakers are facing allegations from conservative groups that their support for the healthcare bill legislated federally - funded abortion.

A Democratic congressman from Ohio got a boost from his state's elections commission on Thursday in his campaign to prevent an anti-abortion group from running billboards attacking him for supporting the healthcare bill.

In Support of Maryland Senate Bill 684, to Create a Beverage Container Recycling Refund Program for the State, March 10, 2015

110 President Clinton agreed, observing in his signing statement for the Bill Emerson Act that «[a] lthough many States have enacted their own «Good Samaritan» laws to support food recovery and donation efforts, many businesses have advised that these varying State statutes hinder food donations.»

As I previously stated, I support the crux of the bill.

Broad support from alcohol and suppliers trade associations: The CBMTRA began as a compromise bill between the Brewers Association and the Beer Institute and quickly expanded to include Wine America, Wine Institute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, the American Craft Spirits Association and supplier's associations.

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

But Bill Bradley will be floating on adrenaline, and if Princeton's sophomores continue to support him as they have done recently, it is just possible that the Tigers will beat Penn State, N.C. State and, finally, St. Joe's.

The recently announced work and families bill gives new fathers the option of taking three months» paternity leave supported by a weekly state allowance of # 106.

I hope to see strong support for the passage of Senate Bill 1994; I will certainly do my part by reaching out to legislators in my state.

The campaign fights such «license to discriminate» bills on the state and federal level and builds support for the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, a federal bill prohibiting child welfare agencies that receive taxpayer funds from discriminating against LGBTQ youth or prospective foster and adoptive parents.

San Francisco — On Jan 29, Senator Scott Wiener will join state and local legislators, advocates, and business leaders to announce a new state bill to create new requirements supporting lactation in the workplace for working women.

MDHS sent a letter, signed by more than 100 nonprofit, faith - based, and community - based organizations across the state, to the Maryland Congressional Delegation urging support of the vital federal nutrition programs in the upcoming Farm Bill.

Focusing on the bill's support of school lunches and ignoring the issue of infant formula, the e-mail boasted that the bill would give millions of children «access to nutritious food» and that it passed «without a single dissenting vote in the United States Senate.»

Call, fax, write, or e-mail your state representatives and let them know you support this bill and you would like them to co-sponsor it.

RACHEL JACKSON: Yes, actually I found out about the federal bill and they knew about Mikael's bill on the assembly floor and so I drafted a mirror bill and gave it to senator Kennedy, New York State Senator Kennedy and he really ran with it and introduced it to the senate and so together where Tim and Kennedy have been working with him to get approval for that, so I was lobbying in Albany and that's where I got to meet Mikael and spoke with a lot of the assembly members, a lot of the senators and there was real overwhelming support for it.

Last week, whilst teaching a course at Colorado College, I wrote a piece for The Economist about a bill to allow civil unions in the state, which was combined with reporting on Obama's announcement in support of gay marriage and that passage of North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

In lobbying individual members of the state Legislature, the coalition supporting New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's push for universal pre-Kindergarten is coming prepared with district - by - district statistics breaking down who benefits.

With the last poll showing 57 % supporting traditional marriage, that's basically putting New York State and other states in play for the 2012 election if Barack Obama supports passage of this gay marriage bill.

The legislative leaders quietly introduced a campaign finance bill last night that is designed to strengthen enforcement at the state Board of Elections and also address the US Supreme Court's January decision that overturned a 20 - year - old ruling barring corporations from spending freely to support or oppose candidates.

Cuomo, who has garnered the support of the state's business community with his fiscal agenda that leans conservative on taxes, has said he's studying the issue before committing to the specific bill.

Or three: She understood the bill, but decided to support Hollywood's interests over the interests of her own state.»

Cenedella has retained Republican message man Bill O'Reilly of Nicholas and Lence and has traveled around the state to build support for a potential candidacy.

Bill O'Reilly, the embattled Fox News host, received a powerful show of support from a longtime friend, interview subject, ideological sympathizer and fellow scandal - survivor: the president of the United States.

«Those are costs that could be considered a hidden tax on people who pay utility bills across New York to support the state budget with dollars that are flowing through the New York Power Authority,» said Deputy State Comptroller Bob state budget with dollars that are flowing through the New York Power Authority,» said Deputy State Comptroller Bob State Comptroller Bob Ward.

Lavern's Law, a bill to help victims of medical malpractice, faces another rough road in the state Senate — despite having more than enough support to pass.

As the state's legislative session winds to a close, Cuomo has yet to announce his support for the Child Victims Act despite his promises to survivors that he'd help get a bill passed this year.

The ad, entitled «Agree», stars the ex-president and GOP state Sen. Bill Larkin, who has crossed party lines to support the congressman's battle against the Republican he ousted two years ago, former Rep. Nan Hayworth.

«I applaud the bi-partisan support for the new bill that would take garbage incinerators out of the article ten power plant siting process and urge the State Legislature to pass this vitally needed legislation before they adjourn in June,» Nixon said.

Long's small business focus is interesting, considering the fact that Ulrich is one of just two GOP Senate candidates (the other being Bob Cohen, who is running for retiring Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat, is also facing a primary challenge and, like Ulrich, is repped by Bill O'Reilly) to proclaim support for raising the state's hourly minimum wage.

Also at noon, the Coalition for Affordable Homes lobbies members of the state Assembly and Senate to support bills A7406 / S648 that would create a tax on real estate speculation, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol, Albany.

NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson is supporting a bill that would create a commission to take on more extensive charter review, parallel to a commission proposed by the mayor in his State of the City address.

«It's good to see IDC members voicing support for critical progressive issues,» said Bill Lipton, New York State Director of the Working Families Party.

Speaking at an annual conference of minority lawmakers in Albany, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to rally support for his «DemocracyNYC» agenda, including calls for the enactment of early voting and same - day registration across the state.

The Governor has committed to supporting the union's disability pension bill, as has Republican State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

Also at 10:30 a.m., elected officials, wineries and Finger Lakes residents call on Cuomo to reject Circular enerG's trash incinerator proposal and urge legislators to pass bi-partisan bills that would support Home Rule in the state expedited power plant siting process, known as Article 10, LCA Room, (130), LOB, Albany.

Twenty state and national groups supporting a bill that would strengthen the state's Freedom of Information Law are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the measure into law as soon as he receives it from the state Legislature.

The city supports a bill, passed by the State Assembly Monday, that would allow NYCHA to use the design - build model, which streamlines projects by combining the design and construction stages into one contract.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has stated that while he supports the program, the state should shell out funding for all things MTA.

Among the vocal critics of congestion pricing is Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has said he has yet to see an equitable proposal for outer - bough drivers and is trying to gain state support for his own plan to fund the MTA subway system.