Sentences with phrase «times with bipartisan support»

An Assembly bill to close the loophole, sponsored by Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, has passed multiple times with bipartisan support, and Cuomo has indicated he would sign the legislation if passed by both houses.

First introduced 12 years ago, the CVA has passed the State Assembly several times with bipartisan support, only to die within the Senate.

Not exact matches

It has passed in that chamber five times with solid, bipartisan support but has never come to a floor vote in the State Assembly because of the objections of several senior Democratic women who believe it is excessively violent.

NCLB cleared Congress in 2002 with massive bipartisan support but has since become a political catastrophe: The law's strategy for prodding and shaming schools into improvement proved deeply flawed over time, and its unintended failures have eclipsed its bright spots.

An upcoming rewrite of IDEA is an opportune time to demonstrate bipartisan support for the idea that children with unique learning needs deserve better.

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.

The bill, which seeks to make trolling less lucrative and better policed, passed with enormous bipartisan support and — in congressional time — at lightning speed: 43 days from introduction to approval.

It certainly feels like a long time ago that child welfare advocates were brimming with confidence that a bipartisan reauthorization for Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV)-- the $ 400 million - per - year federal home visiting program that supports programs pairing professionals with young moms — would sail through Congress.