Sentences with phrase «senate versions of the legislation»

Supporters of an assisted suicide bill rallied yesterday and announced that they have settled on a unified measure joining what had been separate Assembly and Senate versions of the legislation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put forward a bill that mirrors Assembly and Senate versions of the legislation.

ALBANY — Supporters of an assisted suicide bill rallied Tuesday and announced that they have settled on a unified measure joining what had been separate Assembly and Senate versions of the legislation.

Dueling Senate versions of the legislation also leave its future uncertain.

The Senate version of legislation that would cut greenhouse gas emissions 17 % below 2005 levels by 2020 will be released on Monday, said its sponsors, senators John Kerry, (D - MA), Lindsey Graham, (R - SC), and Joe Lieberman, (ID - CT).

For example, Senator Harkin, the lead author of the Senate version of the legislation, declared that «Decades of research tell us that... early learning is the best investment we can make to prepare our children for a lifetime of success.»

The Senate versions of the legislation that were introduced in 2017 took varying approaches to the issue of pre-existing conditions.

Not exact matches

Senate Republicans have expressed skepticism about the House's version of health care reform, the American Health Care Act, and have struggled to unite disparate moderate and conservative factions on comprehensive legislation.

The Senate released another version of its health care legislation to undo Obamacare on Thursday.

Senate Republican leaders unveiled a new version of their health care legislation Thursday.

Passing that version of the budget kicked off the reconciliation process, allowing the Senate to pass legislation with a simple majority.

Senate Republicans voted to pass their version of tax legislation on December 2.

Sen. Bob Corker, R - Tenn., who opposed the Senate version of the plan because he had concerns about a nearly identical effect on budget deficits, is supporting the final legislation.

Since the Senate TCJA is different from the House version of the bill, the legislation must either go to a conference committee — where members from both chambers unify the differing aspects — or the House could pass the Senate bill as it is.

Before those bills could become law, however, the House and Senate must pass matching versions of the legislation.

Once the Senate and House of Representatives reconcile their respective versions of the legislation, the resulting bill could cut corporate tax rates to 20 % from 35 %.

(Washington, D.C.) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) issued the following statement today from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, following the Senate's vote to pass its version of tax reform legislation.

The push also comes as a version of the health care legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate this past week.

Senate Democrats pushed on Monday for their version of legislation that would raise the age of criminal responsibility for non-violent offenders as the Legislature inches toward a potential agreement.

With just a few days before an anticipated vote, Senate Republicans released a revised version of their Obamacare repeal legislation that adds a continuous coverage requirement to the draft bill they unveiled last week.

The state Senate unanimously passed an amended version of legislation that would provide for insurance coverage for cancers developed by volunteer firefighters during the course of their duties.

Still, Assembly Democrats were confident the Senate would eventually back their version of the legislation.

The statement suggests the Senate continues to back their own, more expansive version of the legislation after the Democratic - led Assembly on Thursday night backed first passage of a different amendment, 132 - 0.

The Assembly never moved the bill out of committee and despite numerous comments about reviewing, discussing, considering, and conferencing the legislation, ultimately didn't change the bill from the Senate amended version and only amended the bill in the final week of the legislative session.

Amedore, who has been vague about his position on the legislation, told reporters at the Capitol Monday that Sullivan's billboard was incorrect and that he would support any version of the legislation that Senate Republicans brought to the floor.

Cuomo, a Democrat, blessed that version of the legislation, which Democrats in the state Senate — as well as abuse victims and their advocates — have been hoping would come up in the chamber.

But Republicans in the Senate — who have held votes on separate items in the agenda — remain opposed to the abortion plank in the omnibus version of the legislation.

The Republican - led Senate previously passed a version of the tax credit legislation, but it faces an uphill climb in the Democratic - led Assembly.

There is not yet a Senate version, but a spokeswoman for the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, which shares control of the chamber, said the legislation would be introduced soon.

The Senate approved late last week its version of the tax legislation that also would discontinue the individual mandate, a key provision of the ACA, also known as Obamacare.

Both bills were new versions of Homeland Security legislation that passed the House unanimously in 2014, but died after falling victim to gridlock in the Senate.

But just as the bill passed the Senate Tuesday, Cuomo announced that he would introduce his own version of the legislation, which would take into account both seniority as well as merit - based factors.

A new version of the legislation has been introduced that would limit the total number of diseases that would be eligible for treatment, in an attempt to make it more palatable to some Senate Republicans, who so far have been reluctant to sign on.

Hanna joined this week with Rep. Louise Slaughter, D - Fairport, and four other House members to circulate a letter among their colleagues, asking them to support legislation similar to the Senate version of VAWA.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has included in his executive budget proposal the creation of a uniform sexual harassment policy for government employees, and the Senate and Assembly have released their own versions of the legislation.

The House voted 225 - 205 for a version of the VAWA bill that excluded new protections in the Senate legislation for gay and transgender victims, American Indians and battered women who are in the United States illegally.

Unlike a previous version of the legislation, the bill passed by the Senate and Assembly Wednesday, on what was scheduled to be the last day of the legislative session, does not contain a one - year window to revive cases that are time - barred under current law.

Schumer and Katko served on a House - Senate conference committee charged with ironing out the differences between the two versions of the bill, and both advocated for keeping the High Density States program in the final legislation.

There is no Senate version, although the chair of the equivalent Senate panel, Senator John Thune (R — SD), this morning issued a joint statement with Smith professing to «share» Smith's goal of getting Congress to pass legislation reauthorizing programs at those agencies.

The bill would be part of the Senate version of the renewal of the American COMPETES Act, bipartisan legislation that was passed in 2007 and reauthorized in 2010 and that aimed to bolster U.S. capabilities in the physical sciences.

Tomorrow, the Senate commerce and science committee is scheduled to take up its version of a COMPETES reauthorization, and the bipartisan legislation (S. 3084) contains a section devoted to regulatory relief.

The Senate is working on its own version of the legislation which would extend the credit for just 2 years.

Although there is no equivalent legislation pending in that body, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is putting the finishing touches on a new version of the America COMPETES Act, a broader bill to reauthorize programs at NSF and research at the departments of energy and commerce that could include language on NSF's oversight of major facilities.

The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is also considered must - pass legislation and both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees approved their versions of the bill.

The Senate version of a school accountability bill sets the Senate far apart from legislation introduced last week by Assembly Republicans and appeases some critics of the Assembly bill.

The U.S. Senate's version of proposed health care reform legislation includes an excise tax on so - called «Cadillac» health care plans, such as the plans that cover teachers and their family members.

The state Senate, controlled by the Republican caucus, has passed its own version of the legislation.

Independent schools might breathe a small sigh of relief in reviewing the final compromise version of the sweeping tax overhaul legislation released December 15 by the House and Senate conference committee.

Should the Senate bill pass, the two competing versions of reauthorization legislation will have to be reconciled through a Conference Committee process before a revised ESEA could go to the President.

Financial Management Independent schools might breathe a small sigh of relief in reviewing the final compromise version of the sweeping tax overhaul legislation released December 15 by the House and Senate conference committee.