Sentences with phrase «representatives floor vote»

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After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando this year, Democrats in Congress held a sit - in on the floor of the House of Representatives simply to demand a vote on gun control legislation.

You might have heard that the American Health Care Act, aka Trumpcare, went out with not so much a bang but a whimper on the floor of the House of Representatives last week (it didn't even get a vote).

After postponing the vote once on Thursday, the bill was ultimately yanked from the House of Representatives floor on Friday after it became clear it wouldn't pass.

And if enough people call and write the Calendars Committee and the bills are set for the House floor, then we must maintain that energy and contact the representatives and get them voted out of the House.

The Hastert Rule, also known as the «majority of the majority» rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican [1][2][3] Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships [4] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.

The 20 - year speaker has the power to decide unilaterally what initiatives make it into the Assembly's budget, what pieces of legislation come up for a floor vote, what resources each member receives for his office and even how much money representatives get from the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee for their re-election bids.

While those 50 other states of the nation have their representatives to fight for them, Puerto Rico is at their mercy because it doesn't have anyone with a vote on the Floor of Congress.

As the appropriations bill heads for a possible House vote this week, Representative Ernest J. Istook Jr. (R - OK), who wrote the language, and House Labor / HHS subcommittee chair Ralph Regula (R - OH) are preparing to issue a statement on the House floor that would modify the directive.

Sadly, the bill never received a vote on the floor of the state house of representatives.

Washington — In the wake of the Senate's passage of sweeping anti-busing legislation last week, Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives are acting to prevent the bill, which must be passed by the House to become law, from being brought to the House floor for a vote.

As House Bill 1347 approached passage in 2008, a representative from New Orleans stood on the House floor desperately urging his colleagues to delay the final vote, «We are spending $ 10 million on 1,500 students in a way we've never done before!»

Please email your Ohio House Representative TODAY to ask for a vote on the House floor before the end of May.

It tracks the status of federal legislation, the speeches of representatives on the House and Senate floors, voting records, campaign contribution summaries and more.

The House of Representatives has approved its version of the bill, while the Senate bill is still awaiting approval before it comes to the floor for a vote.

Some of the most outspoken survivors of the «Never Again» movement were in Tallahassee, where 71 Florida House representatives voted against bringing a bill to ban the rifles to the floor, and traveled back to Sunrise for the town hall.

Luckily, during his eight years in the Arizona House of Representatives, Dr. Eric Meyer has built a consistent voting record when it comes to promoting education and preventing teen pregnancy, and he is prepared to continue this fight on the Senate floor.

The U.S. House of Representatives has rescheduled a floor vote on H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act