Sentences with phrase «strong bipartisan support as»

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Though Democrats have historically been viewed as the strongest supporters of renewable energy, utility - scale wind farms and solar installations are found throughout the nation — including in Republican - leaning states like Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and North Dakota — and enjoy bipartisan support among Americans.

Although strong bipartisan support has been voiced for the JOBS Act amendments, Aguilar's negative sentiment echoes that of Senator Carl Levin (D - MI) who said, «It's as if the SEC is jumping out of an airplane today, and then proposing to check the safety of its parachute on the way down.»

The measure passed both legislative chambers with strong bipartisan support, and I urge the governor to sign this bill into law as soon as possible.»

As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.

Research and development areas with strong bipartisan support — such as efforts to combat cancer, brain disorders, and antibiotic resistance, as well as cybersecurity and computing initiatives — will likely continue to receive support under any new White House Administration, Holdren noted.

Research advocates credit the generous increase to strong bipartisan support for NIH as well as the recent budget agreement raising mandatory caps on spending.

While there was strong bipartisan support, NCLB was tempered as always by the conflicting political forces of interested parties, including the one anachronism about teacher quality that was based on inputs rather than outputs.

Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of public education.

No Child Left Behind was also created with strong bipartisan support, but over time its test - based accountability became widely seen as overly punitive and unrealistic.

As the years went by, there was strong bipartisan support for this program.

This proposal received strong bipartisan support in the Energy Committee as part of the larger energy bill we reported.

«In addition to the bipartisan, bicameral support for this legislation in Congress, CPF is encouraged by the strong support for patent reform expressed in President Obama's innovation agenda as outlined on the White House website (www.whitehouse.gov).

First, despite strong bipartisan support in Congress, the most recent reauthorization only extended the program for two years.62 This kind of short - term authorization presents significant challenges for state - level administrators, as uncertainty around funding inhibits long - term planning and impedes program effectiveness at the state and local levels.

Strong and secure bipartisan support from all levels and persuasions of government, as well as the community sector will be critical to success.