Sentences with phrase «senate debate on a bill»

Under reconciliation restrictions Senate debate on a bill is capped at 20 hours, and debate on any compromise between the two chambers is limited to 10 hours — ensuring relatively swift action.

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The batch of sanctions would be added to a bill imposing penalties on Iran that the Senate is currently debating.

* The U.S. Senate debated the bill late into Thursday and adjourned as fiscal conservatives were unsettled about the effect on the deficit of the bill.

«Despite what President (Donald) Trump says, despite what my colleagues here will tell you, the tax bills both in the House and the Senate give the lion's share of tax breaks to the top 1 percent,» Sanders said on CNN Tuesday during a televised debate with other senators.

Trump on Saturday also attempted to blame the Parkland shooting on Democrats» inaction on gun control, likening it to the immigration debate and what to do about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA)-- which the Senate tried and failed to write a bill on this week.

In response to the ongoing debate over H.R. 4015 — a bill that was submitted to the U.S. Senate for consideration after approval by the House of Representatives on December 21, 2017 — Glass Lewis would like to -LSB-...]

Reconciliation bills are privileged in a number of ways, including with a 20 - hour limit on debate in the Senate, a non-debatable motion to proceed to the bill, and a strict germaneness test for amendments.

Debate on the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2016 is set to resume in the House of Representatives today, with Treasurer Scott Morrison set to move the amendment to the bill proposed by the Senate Economics CommitBill 2016 is set to resume in the House of Representatives today, with Treasurer Scott Morrison set to move the amendment to the bill proposed by the Senate Economics Commitbill proposed by the Senate Economics Committee.

With the debate over the 2012 Farm Bill currently underway in the Senate, most of the media's attention has been focused on how direct payments — subsidies doled out regardless of actual farming — are being replaced with crop insurance, in a classic shell game that Big Ag's powerful lobby is likely to pull off.

The legislation has stalled in the state Senate in recent years, but supporters this session hope the focus and societal shift on sexual misconduct and abuse could reframe the debate over the bill at the Capitol.

«I have always lived my life with dignity, integrity and honesty; and I can say without hesitation that I brought those same characteristics everyday when I proposed bills, passed legislation, debated public policy, and fought tooth and nail to protect western New York on the floor of the New York State Senate for the past 38 years.»

On Tuesday, the New York Senate Finance Committee voted to send the S - 3898 online poker bill introduced earlier this year by Sen. John Bonacic to the Senate floor for debate and a possible vote.

Sen. Rand Paul is holding up a vote on the Senate budget deal, demanding more debate on the bill which will add $ 1.5 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.

He's an outspoken lawmaker known for his skills and pointed jabs in debating bills on the Senate floor.

Things got heated on the New York State Senate floor this week over a debate on bills that majority party Republicans say will improve school safety.

During a debate in the New York State Senate on enhanced school safety measures, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had said that he wanted to begin debate on the bill and pass it this week, using special fast - track procedures.

And a cluster of first - term Senate Republicans have been eager to get rid of a procedural vote to begin floor debate on government funding bills.

Discouragingly, in April, State Senate Republicans not only refused to hold a committee vote on a version of the bill, they moved it to a separate committee, avoiding further debate and a vote.

«It's an outrageous thing that we're leaving here today without a real bill and without a real solution as to how we're going to make sure that we maintain rent control,» Senate minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said on Monday night, after the lengthy debate.

The bill had already cleared the Assembly and on Friday passed the Senate, 49 - 10, after two hours of debate.

House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees will debate and amend appropriations bills, and both chambers will vote on the bills and reconcile differences.

During a debate in the New York state Senate on enhanced school safety measures Monday, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.

A massive spending bill to provide money for five Cabinet departments for the upcoming budget year is about to hit the Senate floor, giving senators a rare opportunity for open debate on legislation of any kind.

Leading the debate on the bill, Ali Ndume, senate leader, implored the committee on appropriations to investigate how the funds in the budget would be spent.

The budget had passed second reading at the senate without a debate on November 24, when Senate President Bukola Saraki referred the bill to the committee for further legislative treasenate without a debate on November 24, when Senate President Bukola Saraki referred the bill to the committee for further legislative treaSenate President Bukola Saraki referred the bill to the committee for further legislative treatment.

The Senate voted to begin debating the bill on Tuesday.

The U.S. Senate moved closer to approving a sweeping overhaul of the tax code yesterday, voting to begin debate on the tax bill as Republican leaders continue trying to secure the votes for final passage.

The vote — which came hours after the Senate narrowly approved a motion to begin debate on the legislation — is a setback for Republicans hoping to mark passage of a final repeal bill this week.

Republicans working on their own version of an Obamacare repeal and replace bill in the U.S. Senate are debating whether to tax employer health plans, a move that would generate stiff resistance from companies.

By confirming that he would embrace the Senate Democrats» proposal for a millionaires» surtax, Mr. Obama tried to unify Democrats before the Senate debate on the jobs bill.

Connecticut Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R - Fairfield), left, and State Senator Edith Prague (D - Columbia), key figures in the bill being debated presently in the Senate to repeal the death penalty, talk in the Senate chamber during debate on amendments to the repeal bill.

After the vote on his bill, McConnell asked for consent from his colleagues to start the debate on the defense authorization bill being marshaled by McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The US Senate has failed to pass a key test vote that would open debate on the 9/11 Health Care and Compensation Act, also known as the Zadroga bill.

In a rare, direct exchange between Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Harry Reid on the floor of the chamber, both senators vented frustration during a testy debate on the China currency bill.

If the bills are to be voted on, they would need the permission of the Republicans in the Senate in order to come to the floor for debate.

On April 28, the Tennessee Senate, which had been set to debate the ballot access bill that day, postponed that bill until May 5.

The Senate is debating and voting on the bill, which is known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, this week.

In a rare standout debate moment for Bush, the former Florida governor sharply sided with Cruz in accusing Rubio of having «cut and run» on the Senate immigration bill.

But it took less than 30 minutes on the Senate floor for partisan fights to emerge, with Republicans initially threatening two - hour debates on each of more than 100 noncontroversial bills.

Senator Liz Krueger, a consistently liberal voice who represents a district on the East Side of Manhattan, said during debate on the Senate floor that the bill signaled the death of home rule.

(CNN)- Mobster and crook references aside, the Illinois Senate debate between Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk covered substantive policy issues, from their positions on the bank bailouts to the effectiveness of the stimulus bill.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan took the unusual step of debating his own bills on the floor on Tuesday, saying de Blasio should have reached out sooner.

«I think we are focused on specific bills and not getting into this larger debate that is clouding the politics,» Senate Health Committee chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City) said.

The Wisconsin state Senate is to debate a bill fast - tracked by Republicans that limits the influence of unions on bids for public projects.

The dispute in the House stood in marked contrast to the debate in the Senate, where the bill passed on a vote of 22 to 14, with four Republicans, including Senate GOP leader Len Fasano backing the measure.

But after days of contentious discussion capped by a marathon nine - hour closed - door debate on Friday, Republicans came to a fateful decision: The full Senate would be allowed to vote on the bill, the majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said Friday afternoon, and each member would be left to vote according to his or her conscience.

Reid needs 60 votes in the 100 - member Senate to overcome a certain GOP filibuster attempt and open the chamber's debate on the bill.

Debate in both houses of the state Legislature stretched from afternoon into evening, with the Assembly adjourning around 9 and the Senate around 10 p.m.. Both will be back to finish voting on budget bills Tuesday morning - legslation that members mostly have not had a chance to read.

The bill was approved on a razor - thin 26 - 24 vote in the Iowa Senate and another close vote is expected when the House debates the issue.