Sentences with phrase «democrats proposed a bill»

Late last month, seven Westchester County Democrats proposed a bill that would raise the age limit countywide to buy tobacco from 18 years old — the minimum age nationally — to 21 years old.

Late last month, seven Westchester County Democrats proposed a bill that would raise the age limit countywide to -LSB-...]

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The disclosure bill, sponsored by Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, and Todd Rokita, an Indiana Republican, is a complement to one proposed in the Senate last week.

Once it became clear that a majority of the Florida Legislature was not inclined to ban all assault weapons, Senator Oscar Braynon, a Democrat, proposed an amendment to the gun control bill that would have halted AR - 15 sales for two years.

The bill proposed by Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell and Sen. Liz Krueger, both Manhattan Democrats, does just that.

The only democratic way out of the sovereignty hole that government and parliament have dug for themselves is, in my considered opinion, the one proposed by Tim Farron (Lib Dem, Westmorland and Lonsdale) in his intervention as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the first reading of the Bill:

Majority Republicans on the Nassau County Legislature have proposed a bill to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21 from 18, a year after blocking an attempt by Democrats to update the local law.

Senator Ted Cruz proposed an amendment to the recent tax reform bill to allow funds from 529 plans to be used for homeschooling1, but the Democrats voted against it and it did not make it into the final bill.

The abortion plank in the WEA, originally proposed in 2013 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has resulted in a standoff between the two legislative chambers: The Senate GOP refuses to vote on any legislation that includes it, while the Democrat - controlled Assembly won't vote on any stand - alone WEA bills.

The bill was first proposed four years ago by Mosley's fellow Democrat Michael Benedetto.

Democrats in the New York state Senate say they will push harder for gun control bills in the wake of the Florida shooting that left 17 dead and are even considering proposing the measures as hostile amendments.

Assemblywoman Grace Meng, a Queens Democrat, is the first to propose a bill related to the Casey Anthony verdict.

The Bill was proposed by Kirsty Williams, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, and the Assembly voted in favour of it last month.

Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerDem lawmaker spars with own party over prison reform A country as wealthy as the United States should make affordable housing a right Democrats urge colleagues to oppose prison reform bill MORE (D - N.J.) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.»

William Powell AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesman on Farming and Rural Affairs, has today confirmed that his party will not support the Agricultural Wages Emergency Bill in its current form due to a number of significant flaws in the proposed legislation.

Assembly Democrats have a copy of de Blasio's bill proposing reforms to the 421 - a program, but have yet to introduce the legislation, suggesting possible concerns over criticism from labor groups over the absence of a provision in the bill that would require developers building 421 - a housing to pay construction and building trades workers a prevailing wage.

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.

Their possible intervention emerged after former Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister Michael Moore tabled a private member's bill proposing to legislate on the issue.

After Democrats left, GOP lamwakers sailed through votes on a variety bills, including the Tier Six plan proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a measure that was bitterly opposed by public - employee unions.

[32] On 29 November 2005 the House of Commons voted 136 - 128 (on a free vote) against a Private Member's Bill for a reduction in the voting age to 16 proposed by Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Williams.

Meanwhile, the Senate is going to pass a constitutional amendment redistricting bill that is being carried by Sen. John Bonacic, a Hudson Valley Republican who also said last week he'll propose a millionaire's tax extension bill that raises the assessment threshold to $ 1 million — just like the Assembly Democrats» one - house budget proposes to do.

But Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — whose conference has had an ongoing feud with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after he campaigned for Democratic control of the Senate in 2014 — has proposed a one - year extension with few conditions and a three - year extender laden with non-starters for Democrats.

With just days left in the legislative session, Colorado House Democrats on Tuesday proposed a sweeping rewrite of a transportation funding bill that would boost funding for mass transit and replace a Republican plan to issue bonds.

The bill was crafted by county Legislator Catherine Borgia, an Ossining Democrat who proposed a similar bill last year that was vetoed by former County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican.

PLATTSBURGH — A bill proposed by Assembly Democrats would revert the STAR rebate tax credit program from the state back to local control.

Passed a bill, first proposed by Democrats, that would limit the county executive's ability to appoint acting department heads or members of county boards or commissionsfor indefinite periods of time without legislative confirmation.

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats and IDC lawmakers sought to raise the gun control issue on the floor of the chamber, proposing a series of hostile amendments to other bills that were voted down on procedural grounds that Republicans voted down.

Democrats in the Senate for a second time proposed gun control bills, including banning teachers form carrying firearms at school, but the amendments were voted down, mostly along party lines.

The proposal carves out what tax relief the Senate majority wants in the 2016 - 17 state budget, but it's a one - house bill that would have to win support from Assembly Democrats, and they proposed a different plan last month which included a tax cut for the middle class and a tax hike for millionaires.

The lawmaker who introduced the most bills out of a total of over 12,000 bills proposed, was former Brooklyn Senator Karl Krueger, a Democrat who resigned after pleading guilty to felony corruption charges.

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

Senate Republicans are holding hearings on the matter, and Democrats in the chamber are proposing a slate of new bills.

Powers, a Manhattan Democrat, is proposing five bills, introduced at the full meeting of the City Council on

The fear that Trump will fire Mueller from leading the probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia has caused fear among Democrats for months, but gained new traction on Friday when Rep. Jackie SpeierKaren (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - Calif.)

At a news conference after proposing a bill to strengthen penalties for domestic - violence offenders, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, was asked by public - radio reporter Karen DeWitt if he would make changes in light of a lawsuit alleging a former Cuomo aide sexually assaulted a state employee.

If people like a divided government then if republicans do take control I'm sure they will want democrats to oppose every single bill the republicans propose.

On Monday, Senate Democrats also proposed a package of ethics reforms, including a bill that would cap legislators» outside income at 15 % of their taxpayer - funded salary.

The Liberal Democrat leader will next week publish a Commons Bill which will propose replacing the Lords with a largely elected second chamber — to the fury of many Tory MPs, who describe the move as «legislative vandalism».

GOP senators on Wednesday rejected four bills proposed by Democrats that would strengthen background checks, ban «bump stocks» that turn semiautomatic guns into machine guns, and let courts keep guns away from people at risk of hurting others.

Benjamin, 40, has promised to push for the closure of Rikers Island ahead of the schedule that Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed and help unite Democrats in the Senate, where the party is currently split between mainline Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference, according to the Wall Street Journal.

In the draft climate change bill proposed by House Democrats, credits aimed at gaining emissions cuts by avoiding tropical deforestation would slowly decrease over time.

Science lobbyists and House Democrats have complained sharply about proposed changes to NSF's peer - review process and a 40 % reduction in authorized funding levels for the agency's social science research programs in the bill.

June 24, 2014 • Democrats have proposed several bills in response to last month's deadly attack near the University of California - Santa Barbara.

The first - term Democrat took aim in his Jan. 12 speech at proposals backed by some in the Republican - led legislature, including a proposed freeze on property taxes and a «taxpayers» bill of rights» modeled on a provision in Colorado's state constitution.

And in the House, a group of 38 Republicans and Democrats introduced a bill urging the Administration simply to drop the proposed...

While Democrats were quick to denounce the bill's education figures, the proposed amount for the department was nearly $ 650 million more than the president's request...

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping education bill, saying the proposed funding formula that Democrats sent him «put Chicago in line for millions more» that would be «diverted from other, needier districts.»

Democrats offered a single amendment in the nature of a completely alternative bill (PDF) proposed by ranking Democrat George Miller (D - CA) that would provide for a stronger federal role in school accountability and improvement as well as more robust resources than the Kline bill.

In 2009, Congressional Democrats introduced two bills proposing to close the current loopholes around the use of chemicals used in fracking — The Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act (S. 1215), and The Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 (H.R. 2766).

The bill's original sponsor, State Sen. Ken Haar, a Democrat, proposed the legislation to help Nebraska citizens to prepare for the regional impacts of climate change caused by humans» emissions of heat trapping gases like methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.