Sentences with phrase «senate floor vote»

That bill will now move on for a Senate floor vote.

In any case, the Senate floor vote will come after a Nov. 8 hearing on the revised bill, as requested by Paul.

With sufficient support, it will face a Senate floor vote and then a conference committee with the House.

Only one bill failed in a Senate floor vote in 2011 and 2012, according to a legislative analysis by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

With this declaration that the two Democratic senators from Massachusetts were behind him, he cruised through his hearings and the subsequent Senate floor vote.

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.

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In announcing his vote, McCain came to the Senate floor and put his right thumb down before walking off.

In a surreal scene on the Senate floor, McConnell and Vice President Mike Pence were seen before the vote speaking with McCain.

The vote began, and McCain came to the Senate floor and put his right thumb down before walking off.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose state of Connecticut shouldered the killing of 20 children in Newtown in 2012, led a filibuster on Wednesday to try to force a vote, insisting he would stay on the Senate floor «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican leaders say they want to bring the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) to the Senate floor for a vote by the end of the week.

«To get to that solution, we have to move this debate forward,» Ayotte said on the Senate floor, defending her votes.

Following McCaskill's tweet, Markey said in a statement Monday, «We've reached the magic number of 30 to secure a vote on the Senate floor, and that number will only continue to climb.

He spoke on the Senate floor hours before the chamber was to vote on a measure that would re-open the federal government.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke on the Senate floor hours before the chamber was scheduled to vote on a stopgap budget measure.

The Kentucky Republican spoke on the Senate floor hours before the chamber was scheduled to vote on a measure that would re-open the federal government.

Now Duckworth, 50, has submitted a resolution that would allow senators to bring children under the age of 1 onto the Senate floor during votes.

The Senate Budget Committee approved the Senate's tax plan on Tuesday, bringing the upper chamber closer to a floor vote, which is expected to take place Thursday.

However, on Wednesday the Senate Public Utilities Committee canceled plans to send Senate Bill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed changes.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth holds her newborn, Maile, after voting on the Senate floor.

The unveiling of the Senate plan, combined with a House committee vote to send a version of its bill to the House floor, is a step forward in the party's race to rewrite the U.S. tax code before year's end.

The law hastens the process for bringing legislation to the floor and removes the hurdle of a 60 - vote threshold in the Senate.

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos has repeatedly said he has no plans to allow a floor vote on the abortion component, but indicated this week a willingness to negotiate the other points.

The lobby team at my last nonpofit (enviro) job drove home this observation repeatedly, putting the procedural victories and losses along the legislative way in perspective — sure, the Senate might strip a critical provision out or add in something nasty while voting on floor amendments, but the matter really wasn't settled until conference.

A Senate bill that would reverse the @FCC decision to repeal @BarackObama's #NetNeutrality rules now has 40 cosponsors, allowing it to bypass the @GOP - led committee and head straight to the Senate floor where it needs just 11 more votes to pass

«If it was put on the floor of the House or the Senate it would get a majority vote in either one.»

Schneiderman won kudos from the group for voting to pass the Hate Crimes bill and SONDA, sponsoring the Dignity for All Students Act, which recently passed the Senate, and delivering a «passionate and emotional speech» on the floor before voting «yes» on same - sex marriage last December.

After listening to Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson explain why bills like the Farm Workers Bill of Rights should be allowed to come to the floor for a debate and eventual vote even if it's clear they don't have sufficient support to pass — «This is about democracy!»

But at the end of the day, the source said, Avella impressed the NYLCV board with his record and «political courage» on the organization's issues — especially his push for the Child Safe Product Act, even though it never got to the Senate floor for a vote.

Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos telling reporters at the Log Cabin Republicans fundraiser in Manhattan last night that he would «recommend» to his conference that the same - sex marriage bill return to the floor for a vote next year if the GOP manages to regain control of the chamber.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos said recently that he would «recommend» to his conference that gay marriage be allowed to return to the floor for another vote if the GOP succeeded in taking back the majority.

Even stranger, after the vote, McConnell said on the Senate floor

The measure has no Assembly sponsor, and a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has said there are no plans to move it out of committee for a floor vote.

«While I have co-sponsored numerous bills to address these issues, it is no secret that only the Senate Republicans can allow these reforms to come to the Senate floor for an actual vote,» Panepinto said.

Former Bronx Councilman Oliver Koppell, who is reportedly mulling a primary challenge to IDC Leader Jeff Klein this fall, issued a statement this morning blaming Klein for the refusal of his power - sharing partner, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos, to allow a bill establishing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's tax - the - rich - for - pre-K plan to the floor for a vote.

Squadron, D - Manhattan, told Fred Dicker that his conference will begin circulating a petition among Senate lawmakers in order to force a floor vote on the bills.

Wikipedia says that the filibuster in the United States Senate is a Senate rule that allows a senator to talk as long as he does not give up the floor, unless a special vote is taken to stop debate.

Wary of the headache this issue caused Senate President Malcolm Smith, who had to do a delicate dance to both appease the LGBT community that had invested more than $ 1 million to help him win the majority and the members like Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. who held the votes to his leadership post, Sampson is both supporting the six remaining «no» voters and refusing to promise to bring marriage to the floor for another vote.

For 12 years, advocates have tried to change that limit with the Child Victims Act, and for 12 years, the act has failed before reaching a vote on the state Senate floor.

On the morning of April 1st, Senate Republicans were still on the floor of the Senate after an all night voting session.

Carlucci and Diane Savino voted against the bill in the Senate Rules Committee, then voted for it on the floor a half hour later.

At noon, state Sen. Brian Kavanagh will join with good government groups and legislators to call on Cuomo to fund early voting in this year's executive budget proposal, outside th4e Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Part of the Senate coalition's argument has been it would provide equal input for both sides to bring legislation to the floor for a vote.

Clarification: If the Speaker in the House and the Majority Leader in the Senate control the legislative agenda, how do these coalitions (Trump - Democrats - moderate Republicans) get a bill to the floor for a vote?

Advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act have begun running a digital ad campaign that largely targets those living in the district of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has kept the legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) challenged GOP leaders to bring the bipartisan Senate bill to the floor for a vote, calling it the «last train leaving the station.»

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.

Reproductive rights groups are ramping up their own attacks on Senate Republican incumbents who oppose the WEA, claiming the conference's refusal to allow the legislation on the chamber floor for a vote flies in the face of public support for legal abortion.

A number of LGBT advocates are frustrated that ENDA didn't even see a House committee vote — let alone a vote on the House or Senate floor — during the 111th Congress when Democrats had control of both chambers of Congress.

As co-leaders of the Senate, Klein and Skelos (R - Nassau County) each have the power to block legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.