Sentences with phrase «voicing support for the bill»

Despite school trustees from across the province voicing their support for Bill 24, Kenney argues that teachers should be allowed to decide when to inform parents when a student joins a GSA.

Hundreds of Christian leaders signed a letter sent Wednesday to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders voicing support for a bill...

Hundreds of Christian leaders signed a letter sent Wednesday to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders voicing support for a bill that would expand rehabilitation programs for prisoners suffering from drug or sexual addiction, grant job training and anger management classes to inmates, and expand risk assessment programs to match prisoners with programs that could help them.

Mayor Bill de Blasio voiced support for the bill today, in a statement that said the program would «bring dignity and peace of mind to many fellow residents currently living in the shadows.»

Mr. Cuomo has also voiced support for a bill, backed by the Catholic Church and advocates of vouchers, that would offer tax credits to individuals and corporations who donate money to public schools, or to scholarship programs that help poor and middle - class students attend private schools.

Several other members of New York's Republican Congressional delegation voiced their support for the bill, including Claudia Tenney, Tom Reed, and Lee Zeldin.

Mr. Cuomo has also voiced support for a bill, backed by the Catholic Church and advocates of vouchers, that would offer tax credits to individuals and corporations who donate money to public schools, or to scholarship programs that help poor and middle - class students attend private schools.

Stay tuned for ways to voice your support for this bill.

Facebook, as well, with COO Sheryl Sandberg voicing support for the bill on her page yesterday.

And according to The Detroit Free Press, the governor of Michigan has voiced support for the bill.

Not exact matches

While Booker's new bill is also a long - shot, it comes at a time when more and more Americans are voicing support for marijuana legalization.

On the campaign trail Bill Clinton voiced support for eliminating corporate tax deductions for salaries of more than $ 1 million paid to employees.

Organizations like Nebraska's Voices for Children have expressed support for LB 834, and human services agencies should also put pressure on lawmakers to vote for the bill.

«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.

The bearded Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn criticised the Tory benches and their position on Human Rights and their support for a «Bill of Rights», making an emphatic argument that MPs should, «take a moment to praise the European Court of Human Rights & European Court of Justice and stop listening to the neanderthal voices behind him [the Tory backbenchers] in what was a very important step in improving the human rights after the second world war.»

A different female voice then criticizes Tkaczyk for supporting a bill «to allow abortions right up until birth... for virtually any reason.»

While the Senate Democrats and HIV / AIDS advocates are slamming Gov. David Paterson for vetoing a rent - cap bill that would have limited the amount people on public assistance who are suffering from the disease can pay for housing, Mayor Bloomberg is voicing support for the governor's decision.

Golden has voiced support for tenant bills at times, but has angered advocates like McKee for not pushing his majority harder for tenant rights.

Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET on 7/16 Washington (CNN)-- An effort to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of command received a bipartisan boost Tuesday as conservative Republicans joined the bill's main backer, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, to voice their support for the measure.

Democratic hopefuls Christine Quinn, William Thompson, Bill de Blasio, and John Liu have also voiced support for the concept.

Though the bill must ultimately be accepted at the state level, a group of city council members, including Manhattan representatives Melissa Mark - Viverito, Robert Jackson and Ydanis Rodriguez, is voicing its support for the legislation via a resolution that was proposed to the council on Wednesday, saying the current law unfairly affects people in their communities.

The Assembly has already put forth a bill on campaign finance reform and the Governor has voiced support for the issue, while maybe not the specific bill in the Assembly.

City Council Members Melissa Mark - Viverito, Robert Jackson and Ydanis Rodriguez voiced support for a state bill to curb marijuana - related arrests.

Leaders from all of the city's major labor unions — representing 1.3 million workers — on Jan. 6 voiced their strong support for Mayor Bill de Blasio's call for universal, full - day pre-K for the city's four - year - olds.

«The Conservative Party made their voice heard,» Cuomo said, referring to Skelos» inaction on a bill, supported by the governor, to ease penalties for suspects caught with small amounts of marijuana «in public view.»

Cuomo also voiced his support for extending rent regulations, but said the issue should be addressed in a separate bill.

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.

Several mayoral candidates — including Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker; Bill de Blasio, the public advocate; John C. Liu, the comptroller; and William C. Thompson Jr., a former comptroller — were quick to voice support for the workers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today voiced support for extending the controversial 421a tax credit for developers for six months, rather than revamping the program or permitting it to expire, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for.

«A few months ago the Erie County Legislature voiced its unanimous support for our local firefighters and this bill.

Mayor Bill de Blasio voiced support for Manhattan Councilman Corey Johnson as the next speaker of the City Council, saying he was the «right choice» because he «ran a good campaign.»

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer and Australia's first Indigenous Minister Ken Wyatt have added their voices to a chorus of support for Year 12 students; joining other MPs and Australians such as Melissa Doyle, Osher Günsberg, Conrad Sewell, Jeremy Fernandez and many more.

And President Clinton voiced support for consolidation of programs as he visited a Galesburg, Ill., community college last week to promote his proposed «Middle Class Bill...

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, applauds Governor Asa Hutchison and the Arkansas Legislature for a compromise that consolidates support for House Bill 1222, proposed by Representative Jim Dodson.

If Congress listens to the voice of teachers and students who support them, though, we can create a better bill and do what must be done to repair the unintended consequences for schools, teachers and students caused by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

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As analysts and journalists, we are all free to take sides and express support for a specific outcome in a policy debate and there is an important role for voices like Bill McKibben or Grunwald in doing so.

And with the lack of Republican support for the stimulus bill, the relatively small (partisan) margin by which the House passed Waxman - Markey, the then - upcoming challenges of health care and financial regulatory reform dominating the legislative calendar, and concerns voiced about climate legislation by moderate Senate Democrats, success in the Senate was always a long - shot.

Midwest legislative director for the Natural Resources Defense Fund, voiced his «enthusiastic support» for the revised bill and said its energy efficiency program would result in net savings of $ 6 billion, bring more renewables to the states and provide a path to a low carbon future.

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Tillerson seemed to confirm that he originally voiced support for a carbon tax in 2009 in order to counter a cap - and - trade bill that was moving in Congress at the time.

Few people are better at getting a message across than Bill Clinton, who, while not known for being a staunch advocate for addressing climate change, has on multiple occasions voiced full - throated — and well - worded — support for clean energy, energy efficiency, and getting our act together on global warming.

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