Sentences with phrase «assembly floor vote»

They quietly killed the legislation, which had already passed the State Senate, by making sure it did not come to an Assembly floor vote.

Wisconsin Republicans were scheduled to begin the end game Thursday for a bill that would allow developers to fill some state wetlands without permits, scheduling an Assembly floor vote.

Not exact matches

Kent went on about the 2010 UN episode: «On the day of the actual vote, on the floor of the General Assembly, as we were all going up and down through the desks and aisles, urging people to stick to their commitment to vote for us, the Cuban ambassador was equally on the floor lobbying for the Canadian vote.»

However, the state legislature stumbled to even get a vote on the floor of the state's assembly.

Governor Paterson just blasted out a letter to some 250,000 New Yorkers slamming Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for failing to bring an energy - related economic development bill to the floor for a vote.

The measure has no Assembly sponsor, and a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has said there are no plans to move it out of committee for a floor vote.

With a new leader in the State Assembly there's new optimism a few proposed laws that have been blocked will finally make it to the floor for a vote this legislative session.

Also at 1:30 p.m., the Assembly Democrats hold a press conference on the New York Health Act universal health care bill before a floor debate and vote on the measure, speaker's conference room, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Tuesday he remains personally supportive of mixed - martial arts, but said whether it comes to the floor for a vote will be up to the Democratic majority in the chamber.

The Assembly, then led by Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), never brought the issue to the floor for a vote.

Heastie voted in the affirmative on 98.6 percent of the 3,944 bills he cast a floor vote on between 2011 and 2014, a vote distribution that is close to the average among Assembly Democrats.

«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» five years in a row and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this bi-partisan legislation to come to the Floor of the Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.»

It passed 139 to 7 in the Assembly in 2017, but it has not been brought to the floor of the Senate for a full vote.

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

Republicans attempted to bring their reform agenda, which includes term limits and a bill to allow initiative and referendum votes, to the Assembly floor.

This bill has been stalled in our NY State Senate's Health Committee, where the members of the committee refuse to bring it to the floor for a vote, even after our Assembly has approved it.

The current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has said that bills will not come to the floor for a vote unless a majority of Democrats agree, even if numerically, counting Republican support, there are enough votes for it to pass.

The current legislative session concludes at the end of June and an online poker bill needs to pass three Assembly committees before making it to a floor vote, although, as Tuesday's vote proved, such hurdles can be cleared relatively quickly if the will is there.

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law by a 59 - 1 vote, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Speaker of the Assembly to bring the bill to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Phil Boyle (R,C,I - Suffolk County) and Senator George Amedore (R,C,I - Rotterdam) today joined with family members of two murdered dogs and animal advocates to call on the Assembly to bring «Kirby & Quigley's Law» to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» three times and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this legislation that has bi-partisan support to come to the Floor of the Assembly for an up or down vote.»

He has repeatedly voted in favor of legislation criminalizing keeping firearms available for self - defense in the home, voted in favor of various firearm and ammunition prohibitions and attacked those who disagree with him on the floor of the Assembly

The Batavia Republican also proposed a measure on the Assembly floor Monday that would require a two - thirds vote of the house for Messages of Necessity to be accepted when issued by the governor.

Some Senate Republicans chose not to vote for any candidates on Tuesday, protesting the process, by which the Assembly lead interviews with candidates, and then members make nominations on the floor.

The Assembly has not brought companion bills to the floor for a vote, mostly due to the opposition of former speaker Sheldon Silver.

The legislators say they have until Tuesday to get a bill out of the committee and onto the floor for a full Assembly vote.

They are in the process of going through the state Assembly education committee, and if they pass, will be voted on the respective house floors.

«Versus the Assembly, which tends to put more of those socially liberal, tax and spend policies, on the floor for a vote.»

Two years ago, Cahill demanded the county take over ever - increasing Safety Net (welfare) charges to the towns and the city and the cost of administering local election expenses in exchange for his allowing the bill authorizing the 1 percent add - on to reach the Assembly floor for a vote.

Assembly Democrats say they have the votes to approve a minimum wage hike when a bill comes to the floor today.

«It's a civil rights issue, it's a discrimination issue and the New York State Assembly must bring this to the floor for a vote,» Carey added.

He is encouraged that a member of the Assembly majority is backing the bill in that house, but he remained unsure if that would be enough to bring a vote to the Assembly floor.

But last week the Senate made a series of amendments to the bill, and the Assembly did not follow suit, indicating they are in no hurry to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

The measures are expected to come to the floor for a vote in the Assembly in the next month, where it could likely pass.

Local sponsors of the bills and the founders of Save Our Tappan Zee Inc. are hoping the bills will make it to the Assembly and Senate floor for a vote before the summer recess.

The same measure has sailed through Assembly committees and is expected to be approved by the entire house when it comes to the floor for a vote.

«This is the same George Amedore who voted against pay equity every time it was brought to the floor during his three terms in the State Assembly.

The original Child Safe Products Act passed overwhelmingly in the Assembly earlier this year, and the Senate has been under intense pressure to follow suit — especially since it long had more than enough sponsors (42) to secure its passage it had been allowed to the floor, where 32 votes are necessary to approve legislation.

The Assembly is also expected to vote on the final deal at some point Thursday night, but without the bill on the floor its unclear when that will happen.

Flanagan, after he was elected by the conference, held a floor vote on a package of SAFE Act changes that were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led Assembly.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said he plans to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources told the NY Daily News.

The bill has passed the Assembly a number of times and the Senate is closer than it ever has been to bringing the measure to the floor for a vote.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie initially endorsed the measures, but declined to bring them to the floor for a vote following heavy lobbying from the mayor's office.

The long - stalled Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, passed last week for the seventh time by the Assembly and sponsored in the Senate by Lower Manhattan - Downtown Brooklyn Democrat Daniel Squadron, will not get a floor vote this session.

Longtime gay activist Ethan Geto recalled that when the Assembly passed the marriage bill in 2007, «David, in what may have been an unprecedented act for a lieutenant governor, or any executive official, worked the floor of the State Assembly on the night that the vote on gay marriage was about to occur, encouraging and cajoling assemblymembers to support the bill and, importantly, making the crucial point that gay rights are fundamental civil rights.»

But the Assembly Majority never brought the bill to the floor, never took a vote, and walked away from the agreement entirely.

Advocates and the Senate's lead sponsor on GENDA, Lower Manhattan - Downtown Brooklyn Democrat Daniel Squadron, continue to press for a floor vote, with the senator saying that the Assembly action sent «yet another message to the Senate leadership that it is time to bring this bill to the floor for a vote.»

Assembly bill sponsor Francisco Moya, whose chamber passed the bill the past two years, called it «a gutless move» to bring the measure to the Senate floor without the votes there to pass it.

Assembly members discuss and vote on the state budget on the floor of the chamber on Monday, March 31, 2014 in Albany.

After months of hearings, debate, and closely guarded private negotiations, the state Senate and Assembly task force on restricting, known as LATFOR, finally moved to adopt new district lines and send them to floor for a vote.