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Legislation aimed at extending the act has been introduced in both houses of Congress with bipartisan support in all cases.

[4] The Council was established with bipartisan support in the Parliament and was seen as the machinery to begin the long process of reconciliation.

EISA was passed with bipartisan support in Congress, signed by President George W. Bush, and implemented mostly by President Obama's administration.

Legislation passed with bipartisan support in the Senate and Assembly would enable the development of community solar in the Silver State

Legislation passed with bipartisan support in the Senate and Assembly would enable the development of community solar in the Silver State Carson City, NV (June 8, 2017)-- The Coalition Read More

NCLB, passed with bipartisan support in 2001, sought through a variety of provisions to close the achievement gap among racial and socioeconomic groups but was highly proscriptive with Adequate Yearly Progress and intervention measures.

Evidence for ESSA sets the standard for the most up - to - date and reliable information on education programs that meet ESSA evidence requirements, which were passed with bipartisan support in Congress.

Last year, the House and Senate education committees passed legislation to update the law, but the bills — approved with bipartisan support in the Senate but by only Republicans in the House — clashed in terms of the federal role in education.

HB1 — The Louisiana Scholarship Program was fully funded with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, providing 8,700 students the opportunity to escape failing and underperforming public schools to attend the private school of their parents» choice for the 2014 - 15 school year.

Turning Title I into a voucher directly conflicts with the original intent of Title I, which was first enacted in 1965 and has continued to be reauthorized with bipartisan support in Congress to target and support schools with high concentrations of poverty.

The law, passed with bipartisan support in 2001, is now almost universally seen as broken thanks to mandating standards, such as universal proficiency in math and reading, that have proven impossible to reach.

Indeed, Obama cast his decision as the result of the Republican - led House's failure to act on a comprehensive immigration bill the Senate passed with bipartisan support in June 2013, or advance legislation of its own.

The bill passed the state Legislature with bipartisan support in June, pushed largely by Jewish and Catholic organizations that said some special - needs children could only learn in a setting that closely reflected their family life.

The proposal passed with bipartisan support in the House and Senate before being approved by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.

A bill with bipartisan support in the state Legislature would create a list of companies that are boycotting Israel and then deny them state contracts and investments from the state pension fund.

Two bills with bipartisan support in the State Legislature would create a list of companies that are boycotting Israel and then deny them state contracts and investments from the state pension fund.

Although the original JOBS Act passed with bipartisan support in 2012, this is an election year, and so the fate of the bill could be subject to political whims.

Not exact matches

Both bills sailed through Congress last night with strong bipartisan support, a rare sighting in the current political climate.

Although the bill drew bipartisan support in the Senate, with 14 Republicans voting for it, it will almost certainly face a tougher fight in the Republican - controlled House of Representatives in the weeks to come.

The SEC's crowdfunding plan is a requirement in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, a 2012 law enacted with wide bipartisan support that relaxes federal regulations to help spur small business growth.

He points to the bipartisan support for the so - called «SELF DRIVE» Act, which quickly cleared the House with unanimous support in September but hasn't been cleared yet by the Senate.

They'll be looking for a policy achievement to tout early in their administration, and this plan, with its bipartisan support, makes a lot of sense.

As students across the country walked out of their schools for the National Student Walkout in honor of the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, House lawmakers passed a narrow gun violence prevention measure with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Editor's Note: In light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 % of the American public and President Obama — we've decided to rerun an article published in January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issuIn light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 % of the American public and President Obama — we've decided to rerun an article published in January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issuin January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issue.

The bill passed the Assembly earlier this week with bipartisan support, but then stalled in the Senate.

A bill closing the LLC Loophole has already passed in the Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan support, 120 - 8.

«Later this afternoon, the President is going to be signing two bills that were both passed with bipartisan support that help protect those who protect us,» then - White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said at a press briefing in 2017.

Aubertine says Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for governor, «has set an agenda that includes a permanent successor to Power for Jobs in the mold of the Energize New York legislation I sponsored and passed in the Senate with broad bipartisan support.»

If the Republicans take back the majority, they might not be so keen to work with him in a bipartisan fashion if he keeps this up, although so far, his support has come only in the form of endorsements — not TV ads and not campaign cash.

The governor reiterated his threat to drag the Legislature back to the Capitol before the November general election — most likely in October, which is after the Sept. 14 primary — in hopes of getting the Assembly to take up the property tax cap bill passed with bipartisan support this week by the Senate (eight Democrats voted «no»).

New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says he expects criminal justice legislation to hit the House floor in the next few weeks with bipartisan support.

Dadey, whose thoughts aligned with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's comments today in a radio interview, said the process as it is now hasn't served the public well and that while a perfect compromise isn't possible, the bipartisan support for the overhaul is important.

Squadron and Kavanagh's bills to close the LLC Loophole passed the Assembly with broad bipartisan support in 2015, including Speaker Carl Heastie, but were blocked from a full Senate vote by the Senate Majority.

«The goal of START - UP NY — the game - changing initiative passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last year — is to create new jobs, attract new businesses, and encourage current companies to expand, which is why we are investing the resources necessary to get the word out to companies in New York State and across the country,» Conwall said.

«I am proud of my achievements in office, proud too of having accomplished them with bipartisan and nonpartisan support,» the statement continued.

Horner, with NYPIRG, says it's more likely that the governor will find bipartisan support in the legislature to make those changes.

County Executive George Latimer has always made a point to highlight his political history of working with Republicans in a bipartisan manner, whether it was giving committee chairmanships to Republicans when he served as chairman of the BOL, or getting Republican support for his bills while in the State Senate.

The campaign began in earnest this morning with two ads highlighting the bipartisan support hit the air.

The gun control measure passed with Republican support and Klein pointed to the input of the GOP lawmakers in the process for making it happen, giving it the appearance of bipartisan deal making.

Also at 11 a.m., elected officials and supporters of New York is Music will join with video game industry professionals from around the state to urge Cuomo to sign bipartisan legislation that supports the creation of thousands of jobs in the two industries, Million Dollar Staircase, stet Capitol, 3rd Floor, Albany.

President Obama signed legislation naming the courthouse after Jackson on October 5, 2012 after it passed in Congress with bipartisan support.

The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both houses of the legislature.

Rep. Joe Courtney, D - 2nd District, said he supported a temporary measure in September with assurances that Congress would work toward a bipartisan budget agreement before the end of 2017.

Mr. de Blasio was joined by Republican State Senator Martin Golden, who praised Mr. de Blasio and called for the creation of more supportive housing, and the mayor argued that showed there was bipartisan support in the Legislature — implying that the holdup was with the governor.

There was little dissent in the House of Commons; nuclear weapons had almost bipartisan support until 1960, with only the Liberals dissenting in 1958.

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.

Gov. Scott Walker's $ 100 million property tax cut proposal won bipartisan support in the Legislature's budget committee on Tuesday, easily clearing its first hurdle as it speeds through the process with the aim of reductions appearing on bills this December.

Cuomo, in a morning radio interview, said he took issue with «the starting point» of negotiation talks between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump, saying there was already growing bipartisan support in Congress to salvage the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program before the leaders met last week.

With numerous mass shootings in recent public memory, he urged a number of Republican Senators to support the bill, eventually passing it in a bipartisan effort.

Much of the legal community has lined up in support of the proposal, which passed the Assembly and Senate with comfortable, bipartisan majorities, though the New York State Bar Association has not taken an official position.