Sentences with phrase «supported similar bills»

In recent years, CCLA has supported similar bills, such as Bill C - 279, in written submissions to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and in our testimony to the Senate Committee on Human Rights in June 2013 and the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in October 2014.

Rep. Tom Reed, a GOP lawmaker from the Southern Tier, introduced a bill that also includes bipartisan fixes; Schumer said he supports a similar bill in the Senate.

Not exact matches

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a similar bill in 2015 that never garnered enough support, while Republican Congressman Tom Garrett introduced his own legislation earlier this year that is also not expected to make it to law.

The White House ultimately dropped the demand that the legislation include wall funding, and a coalition of Republicans and Democrats approved a bill in May that looked similar to spending measures that had been supported by the Obama administration.

Obama opposed the 2001 and 2002 «born alive» bills as backdoor attacks on a woman's legal right to abortion, but he says he would have been «fully in support» of a similar federal bill that President Bush had signed in 2002, because it contained protections for Roe v. Wade.»

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.

«If you can't support us when we lose, don't support us when we win» — Tony Adams (although I think Bill Shankly said something similar before TA came out with it).

The bill also gives authorities in England an explicit power to «support, facilitate, or be represented at religious or similar events».

(¶ 15) When the House of Lords reconsidered the bill after the Commons rejected the amendments, eight bishops voted against a similar wrecking amendment, but the statement issued after passage of the bill was not unconditional in its support:

Shelley Mayer (D - Yonkers), who is facing a special election this year for a Senate seat, said Kaminsky's bill is similar to measure supported by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in his budget.

Sen. Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to support a medical marijuana bill similar to the one that's being reinforced by Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey.

But when she came to Erie County Legislative Chambers to support Ruthie's Law, a bill created in Ruth Murray's memory, she learned that too many families have lived through similar experiences.

A similar bill is being co-sponsored in the Senate, one also with bipartisan support that includes some prominent names including Kentucky Republican Rand Paul and California Democrat Dianne Feinstein.

Mark - Viverito, a native of Puerto Rico, has called on the state to adopt legislation similar to a bill recently introduced in California known as the California Values Act — which has bipartisan support — would establish a statewide policy that recognizes immigrants as «valuable and essential members of the California community» and would limit the state's participation in federal immigration law enforcement.

On Tuesday, a second Republican senator said he would support Cuomo's same - sex marriage bill, less than two years after he was part of a GOP - led defeat of a similar bill that dealt a blow to the national effort to legalize gay marriage.

Proponents are expected to also voice support Monday for another bill before the Judiciary Committee that includes some similar provisions, including the ability to tax the drug.

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli, D - Syracuse: No «I support eliminating all outside income for State Legislators as part of a full - time Legislature but paying a salary that is commensurate with the full - time nature of the position, and similar to salaries paid to those elected in other branches of our state government.»

The proposal has broad support: twice in recent years, Congress passed a similar bill that was vetoed by then - president Bush.

There was similar bipartisan support in the Republican - led House, although slightly more Republicans voted «no» than «yes» as the bill passed by a margin of 261 to 116.

Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin, and Bill Murray provide a raft of support in this Comedy / Drama / Romance from writer / director Cameron Crowe who brought us a similar character arc in JERRY MAGUIRE.

The legislation is similar to a bill supported by Gov. Booth Gardner last year, which died amid partisan conflict between the Democratic Governor and House leadership and the Republican - majority Senate.

Last year, the California charter school community supported new legislation, Assembly Bill 1137, that gave charter schools new flexibilities, but would shut down charter schools that did not score within the top 60 percent of all similar public schools on the state's Academic Performance Index.

To prevent similar disruption next year, lawmakers included in the education spending bill, SB 70, language aimed at requiring the CDE to provide the data support.

Cuts $ 163 million of federal spending on Title II, funding designed to support teachers: Sen. Alexander's bill decreases funding levels and misses an opportunity to increase investments to help states improve the teacher pipeline, increase educator salaries, offer better training and professional development, and put the teaching profession on an overall higher pedestal similar to a doctor or lawyer.

In 2015 and 2016, similar bills passed the HEC and Senate with bipartisan support.

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Another bill that enjoyed bipartisan support on the panel, which has a similar provision in the Senate package, would allow banks with less than $ 3 billion in assets to be eligible for an 18 - month examination cycle, rather than 12 months.

The compromise bill has support from South Carolina's influential utilities and conservation groups, and a similar version of the measure has

The compromise bill has support from South Carolina's influential utilities and conservation groups, and a similar version of the measure has passed the Senate.

WASHINGTON — Ten moderate Senate Democrats from states dependent on coal and manufacturing sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday saying they would not support any climate change bill that did not protect American industries from competition from countries that did not impose similar restraints on climate - altering gases.

Today's proposed action is: Encourage your elected officials to consider a similar bill if they have not already done so, and express your support for a National Renewable Energy Standard.

Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted Wednesday that «the cold hard reality for those who don't support Planned Parenthood is that we need a president who has a similar view and would sign our bill.»

The Bill presents a significant opportunity to extend similar support to children in kinship care to those in other permanency placements.

NAR is working to secure co-sponsors for a House bill, while building support for a similar measure in the Senate.