Sentences with phrase «sweeping bill»

The ride - hailing companies, however, seek a more sweeping bill in Albany this year addressing background checks and pricing.

Nikki calls in her slightly hipper aunt Susan (also Mills, of course) to stand in for her mother and sweep Bill off his feet.

The Senate may also soon vote on a far more sweeping bill, co-sponsored by Democrat Tom Udall of New Mexico and Louisiana Republican David Vitter.

Unanimous Republican opposition so far means Senate Democrats need all 60 votes in their caucus - which includes Lieberman - to pass the sweeping bill.

State lawmakers approved a sweeping bill on Monday that seeks to increase police accountability, bolster the ranks of minority officers and build trust between police and the communities they protect.

Watch for a sweeping bill that does more than just allow New Yorkers to hail an Uber.

PARKLAND, Florida — Three weeks after chilling 911 calls detailed the horrors of one of the deadliest school shootings in American history, Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a sweeping bill to tighten gun laws in his state.

The New York Times called it a «sweeping bill» that ends Washington's «aggressive polic (ing) of public school performance.»

Nevada went all in on school choice this month, with the new GOP legislature passing and the GOP governor signing a sweeping bill offering parents direct access to the money used to educate their children.

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday approved a sweeping bill to revise the contentious No Child Left Behind law, representing the end of an era in which the federal government aggressively policed public school performance, and returning control to states and local districts.

Some districts will, in the end, be much bigger winners (low - income and English Language Learners in this case) than say some suburban higher - income districts, but everyone needs to get something in order to have a deep and wide coalition to pass such a sweeping bill.

Massachusetts» success started with the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 (MERA), a sweeping bill of reform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. Robertson.

A sweeping bill has passed the State Senate and State House of Representatives that will give LSCs and the public a real voice in how schools are built in Chicago, which schools get repaired first, and the standards and procedures for closing a school.

The House committee in charge of the reforms has already begun to introduce piecemeal components of NCLB reform, while senators have said they intend to address NCLB through a single, sweeping bill.

Interestingly enough, Rep. Chaffetz (R) cosponsored a sweeping bill during the 114th Congress.

In Michigan today, Governor Rick Snyder signed two sweeping bills that the state's legislature passed on December 15th, the last day of its end - of - year «lame duck» session.

That same month the Republican - dominated state legislature in Nebraska passed a sweeping bill to ease in - state wind development.

Democrats tried to attach a series of gun control amendments to a sweeping bill on school safety, mental health and gun access meant to address the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Last week, the House passed a sweeping bill that would dismantle many of the constraints the Obama administration imposed on Wall Street.