Sentences with phrase «democrats following bill»

He's seeking to keep the seat for Democrats following Bill Owens» decision to retire after three terms in Congress.

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Itâ $ ™ s the kind of budget a New Democrat could love, and indeed in the first Question Period following Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneauâ $ ™ s presentation of his big - spending, green -, child -, labou...

SHAWNIGAN LAKE — New Democrat MLA for Cowichan Valley, Bill Routley, issued the following statement on the ongoing threat to the drinking water supply at Shawnigan Lake: «The people in Shawnigan Lake and across B.C. know that threatening any community's drinking...

The Democrat - controlled state Assembly passed five gun control bills yesterday with little debate, including one that would allow judges to remove weapons from mentally - ill people following a request from a relative or law enforcement.

The Democrat - dominated Assembly declined to follow suit after receiving assurances from then - governor Eliot Spitzer, also a Democrat, that he would discontinue the practice of putting substantive policy into appropriations bills.

Phil Stevens, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Disability Association, wrote the following letter to SLF members, regarding the Enterprise and Regulations Reform Bill currently before Parliament.

Skelos noted three Senate Democrats are missing — Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., Sen. Kevin Parker (who was just convicted on two misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief) and Senate President Malcolm Smith (who's in China)-- and so can't provide the 32 votes necessary to follow the Assembly's lead and pass the bill.

Following David Liddington's speech on the EU Withdrawal Bill, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have reiterated calls for all the European powers in devolved areas to be returned to Wales after Brexit.

Assembly Democrats passed a one - house version of the Dream Act, a bill to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants, and urged the Senate to follow suit.

City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had begun his campaign with nothing but niceties to say about his Democratic opponent, city Comptroller Bill Thompson, but following Weiner's departure and Thompson winning the endorsement from the Queens County Democrats, he has begun to launch criticism at his rival, who has drawn much higher numbers in recent polls.

EDIT: Democrats and Republicans agreed on an omnibus spending bill yesterday, and it seems to contain the following policy riders:

Following the news yesterday that two Republicans — Sen. Roy McDonald and Sen. George Maziarz — might be willing to consider supporting Sen. John Bonacic's bill that would, as the Assembly Democrats have proposed, continue the PIT increase while boosting the threshold to $ 1 million, Skelos called in to the John Gambling Show on WOR to restate his opposition to the measure.

Klein and the IDC last month agreed to a form a new coalition with mainline Senate Democrats following a deal brokered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

«Following the Liberal Democrat conference at the weekend, is the prime minister planning any new amendments to his health bill?»

The call follows a TV ad from Cuomo's re-election campaign that focused heavily on Hochul's endorsements from state Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton.

The long - heralded bill, which was originally conceived when Nick Clegg was home affairs spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, is the third significant step towards unravelling Labour's various criminal justice laws during its 13 years in office following the scrapping of ID cards and the review of counter-terrorism laws.

That progress was followed on Wednesday by the approval of many of the same bills in the Democrat - dominated Assembly.

Sen. Chuck Schumer heaped praise on his colleague, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, at the press conference following the passage by this afternoon of the Zadroga bill, saying her doggedness was one of the main reasons the Democrats finally managed to forge a deal on the 9/11 health care legislation with the Republicans.

One - third of the council was up for election plus a by - election in the Queensgate ward following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Bill Bennett (last elected in 2008).

[27] Following a walkout of Senate Democrats, the bill passed.

Cuomo's union - backed «campaign» for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage is billed as an effort to address economic inequality, but new TV commercials that juxtapose excerpts of Gov. Mario Cuomo's famous 1984 keynote address with Andrew Cuomo's own remarks have led senior Democrats to conclude the current governor is seeking to follow in his father's footsteps.

This follows a Private Members Bill proposed by Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams.

The Liberal Democrats tabled the amendment which declines to allow the Bill to pass following today's defeat of their amendment demanding that the people are given a final say on the Brexit deal.

New York WFP Director Bill Lipton said the following about the IDC challengers: «Unlike the incumbents who voted to install a Trump loyalist as leader of the state senate, these Working Families Democrats are committed to supporting the progressive leadership of Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on day one.

If you think that maybe the Democrats will offer something different than more spending, just remember that Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer (D — New York), said this following passing the omnibus spending bill:

Kallos, a Democrat from Manhattan, is appreciative that his Democratic and Republican Assembly colleagues passed the bill, and hopes the Senate will follow suit.

Paterson said he was just following the paths of other leaders of the Democrat Party — Bill Clinton and John Edwards...!

S. 697, meanwhile, cleared a key Senate committee on a 15 - 5 bipartisan vote this past May, following a series of amendments designed to win over Democrats who worried that the bill favored industry interests and took too much power from state regulators.

Yet, following a contentious debate on the bill Thursday morning, House lawmakers voted to approve 60 - 49, with Republicans and Democrats falling on both sides of the issue.

Baton Rouge, La. — Following today's House floor vote on Senate Bill 432, which passed by a vote of 55 - 16, Democrats for Education Reform Louisiana state director, Eva Kemp, released the following sFollowing today's House floor vote on Senate Bill 432, which passed by a vote of 55 - 16, Democrats for Education Reform Louisiana state director, Eva Kemp, released the following sfollowing statement:

The House bill — H. R. 5, the «Student Success Act» — would streamline federal education programs and includes language that would allow Title I dollars to follow students to public schools of their choice — a deal - breaker for House Democrats.

Standing in the way of the bill is Maryland State Senator Brian Frosh, a Montgomery County Democrat, who questions whether prison should follow for drivers who negligently kill another person.