Sentences with phrase «lawmakers moved bills»
(Ky.) Lawmakers moved bills to the governor that would gradually repeal and replace the Common Core State Standards, require new Bible literacy courses and put new restrictions on student athletes suspected of having a concussion.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - Congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to reformulate their tax bill to satisfy lawmakers worried about how much it would balloon the U.S. budget deficit, as the measure moved toward a decisive U.S. Senate floor vote later this week.
The Georgia tax bill is not the first move by state lawmakers that won't play well at Amazon.
A set of bills to give cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ethereum, legal grounds is being prepared by a South Korean lawmaker, a long - awaited move to protect South Koreans from potential risks in transactions.
Trump's move comes after heavy criticism of the petro from a wide range of lawmakers, including Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson.
A bill approved this month by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo moves the effective date to June 29, 10 days earlier.
Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.
It's fitting that Sen. John McCain's memoir, likely his last, will arrive just as a bipartisan contingent of House lawmakers is seeking to work around Republican leaders» objections to moving an immigration bill.
«As lawmakers, advocates and concerned citizens we have a moral obligation to build off the bill's resounding passage in the Assembly last year, and move it past the finish line.
A House panel had backed the bill last month and lawmakers were expected to move ahead on the measure.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is about to vote on a farm bill that will reduce eligibility for food stamps, a move that has caused a partisan split, with most Democratic lawmakers opposing the legislation.
And lawmakers are moving forward with plans to start voting on the remaining budget bills later today in hopes of coming close to meeting the midnight deadline.
The move was an effort to have lawmakers either vote the measures up or down, considering they can not alter what has been introduced in appropriations bills.
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 countrieLawmakers 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 countrielawmakers 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.»
As Wyland's legislative director, Watson's demonstrated her skill to move bills, not an easy feat for a Republican lawmaker.
Staten Island Sen. Andrew Lanza, a Republican, and Manhattan Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal have agreed on language for a joint bill they hope can move before lawmakers are scheduled to depart Thursday.
In a statement, the bill's main Assembly sponsor, Manhattan lawmaker Richard Gottfried, praised the move.
A bill released Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and sent to state lawmakers would ban employers in New York from seeking wage and salary histories from prospective employees, a move designed to curtail the pay gap between men and women.
IDC bills will include a star next to them denoting it's their bill (a move that some observers are saying will allow Klein and company to highlight their legislation to supporters more effectively than lawmakers in the minority).
The measure's introduction also comes as state lawmakers recognizing Earth Day 2015 (the Assembly, for instance, is moving away from using stacks of paper for bills to age and instead having them be electronic tablet - based).
The bill was approved by lawmakers there, 9 to 8, and moves to the Senate Finance Committee.
Among other things, the changes make audio and video of committee meetings available online and give lawmakers a greater ability to move bills through the committee process.
Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer: GOP efforts to identify FBI informant «close to crossing a legal line» Patients deserve the «right to try» How the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel MORE (D - N.Y.) has called on Senate Democrats to be on the floor at 9:30 Wednesday morning to hear what, if anything, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (R - Ky.)
The city was ready to start imposing a nickel bag fee on shoppers as of Oct. 1, with the money kept by merchants, until lawmakers in the state Senate rebelled and passed a bill blocking the move.
Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerHow the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel Hillicon Valley: Trump stuns lawmakers with push to help Chinese company Facebook suspends 200 apps over data practices Dems want answers on Cohen payments Senate net neutrality vote coming Wednesday Harry Reid undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer MORE (D - N.Y.) said Friday that he intends to force a vote on a bill that would preserve Obama - era net neutrality rules, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to repeal this week.
In New Jersey, lawmakers are looking to override Governor Christie's veto, and in New York lawmakers are once again moving the reform bill in the new legislative session which began in January.
New York state lawmakers are pushing Mayor Bill de Blasio to move faster on a promise to take on a property - tax overhaul, saying many residents are already being financially hurt by changes to the federal tax code.
It is a sign of the times, and a tragedy that the most popular Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly at this moment is not the person who has moved the most impactful motion, not a lawmaker who has proposed a thought - provoking bill, and certainly not any Senator who has given any impressive speech debating a matter of national importance.
As these and other bills move through the process we will ask that you contact your lawmaker to express to them the impact of certain legislation on your schools and students.
Sen. Alexander has been a pivotal figure in the education committee's ESEA deliberations and will continue to be a key lawmaker to watch as the ESEA bill moves to the full Senate floor.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP)-- Republican lawmakers took aim at Kentucky's public education system Wednesday, moving closer toward a repeal of Common Core standards and passing a bill to create public charter schools that would operate outside state supervision.
Florida lawmakers appear to be moving forward with a House priority bill boosting funding to charter schools that set up near chronically failing public schools.
State law mandates moving to a 10 - point scale starting next school year, but lawmakers have a proposed a bill to hold onto the 15 - point scale for a couple of more years.
Some lawmakers are hoping to pass a bill in this lame - duck session of the Legislature that would force new teachers into a 401 (k)- style retirement system, and move the state away from supporting a traditional pension system.
Over the past year, congressional leaders have been working to rewrite the law in a bipartisan fashion — a process that has been increasingly rare in Washington — and the bill's fate was uncertain until three weeks ago, when lawmakers struck a deal and a final conference report moved swiftly through Congress.
In an early version of the 2012 Appropriations bill, lawmakers in the House moved to de-fund marketing of the Know Your Farmer initiative.
There was a fresh anti-gas rally in Albany this morning, focused on passing bills (sponsored by lawmakers representing New York City constituents far from the resource) that would limit the governor's ability to move ahead.
Lawmakers with links to mining and agriculture interests amended two government bills to open up even more land for exploitation, in a move that environmentalists say jeopardises the country's climate change goals.
Illinois lawmakers are engaged in a last minute push to move a comprehensive energy bill over the finish line.
Lawmakers plan to move the bill through committee and to the full House by the Memorial Day recess.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill calling for a move to merit selection for judges of Pennsylvania's appellate courts.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate has introduced a bill designed to protect the technical integrity of American elections as the nation moves toward midterm season.
The legislation follows a series of pro-cryptocurrency moves from the Japan Diet: If you recall, Japanese lawmakers signed a landmark bill early this year that recognize cryptocurrencies like bitcoin as a method of payment «for the cost of purchase or rent of items or receipt of services and which can be transferred by means of electronic data processing systems.»
On Friday, April 6, state lawmakers moved forward a bill that aims to improve insurance benefits for severely injured first responders.
Lawmakers move «Nick Tullier Bill» forward to help first responders permanently injured pay for care
Federal lawmakers have moved closer to passage of an electronic signature bill, the first step toward making possible online contractual transactions, including those involving real estate.