Sentences with phrase «senate voice vote»

Azar was confirmed unanimously in a Senate voice vote to his role as Deputy Secretary under the Bush administration in 2005.

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The Intelligence Authorization Act passed overwhelmingly by voice vote in the House and by unanimous vote in the Senate.

We need voices like Julie Killian's in the State Senate and we encourage voters in the 37th Senate district to vote for Julie Killian on April 24th.»

Joe Dillon is ready to discuss Latimer's voting record, one of the most extreme in the Senate, and offer voters a fresh choice and voice that is truly representative of the values shared by hardworking Westchester families.»

«With thousands of votes remaining uncounted in multiple State Senate races, we expect more Democratic candidates to win when all New Yorkers» voices are heard,» Murphy said in the statement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Court of Appeals nominee was approved in the New York State Senate on a voice vote, after an unusually contentious process.

But given that NYPIRG reported that Espaillat had the worst attendance record in the entire state Senate, missing 60 percent of the votes, failing to be there for the people he is paid to represent, I'm not surprised he ignored the leading voice for New York's environment.»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the State Senate slogged through its last scheduled day in its 2014 session, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) that shares majority power with the Republicans, voiced hope that a measure to bar mental health professionals from performing «sexual orientation change efforts» on minors could yet get a floor vote.

The Senate commerce committee approved his nomination by a voice vote.

Also, during Obama's first term with 58 democratic senators, 2 mostly / somewhat democrat voting independents and 40 republicans, the senate version of the blue dog coalition ensured that Obama's 60 vote block had a measure of conservative voice and that it wasn't just a rubber stamp of approval for Obama.

Senate Republicans have voiced concerns that the bill language is too vague when it comes to religious protections, and it is still unclear if they are going to bring it to a vote, or if there are enough votes to pass the bill.

Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Bob Corker of Tennessee had both voiced concerns about the tax bill before Tuesday, but ended up voting for it to advance to the Senate floor.

Surprising many in the chamber, Senate President Joe Negron ruled that a voice vote had OK'd the amendment.

Supporters of the SOCE measure, who also pressed for a vote, voiced strong confidence they would have won on the Senate floor, with sponsor Brad Hoylman, an out gay West Side Democrat, pointing to public support for the measure from Republicans.

Voicing frustration at what he characterized as allies unwilling to walk the walk after the LGBT community's strong financial support for electing a Senate Democratic majority last year, Van Capelle had warned that if no vote happened on marriage equality, «We can find other friends who will do that job for us and do it faster.

The Senate delayed a vote on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's nomination to become secretary of state after a Republican lawmaker objected to a planned voice vote today.

The Shark Conservation Act passed by a House voice vote in March, and companion legislation is currently before the Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee.

The House backed the bill by a vote of 363 to 47, while the Senate approved it on a voice vote.

The measure, which cleared the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on a voice vote Feb. 14, advanced the same week a report commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services recommended that Head Start continue to administer the test — and possibly expand it to cover content areas beyond mathematics and literacy.

The Senate, by voice vote, has passed a bill that would end the ban on the teaching of secular humanism in programs funded by federal magnet - school money.

Today, the Louisiana Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, congratulates the next U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and applauds the U.S. Senate for voting to confirm an Education Secretary who will put children and families first.

The Republican - controlled Senate passed the bill on a voice vote with no debate.

Today, the American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, congratulates the next U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and applauds the U.S. Senate for voting to confirm an Education Secretary who will truly put students first.

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, applauds the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) after the committee voted favorably to send Betsy DeVos» nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education to the Senate floor.

The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend the U.S. Senate for passing S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, by voice vote.

The HSUS applauded the U.S. Senate for approving S. 1947, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, by a voice vote.

DEBORAH AMOS: [voice - over] But the 95 - to - nothing Senate vote still hung over the Clinton administration as delegations gathered in Kyoto in December 1997.

The resolution, which passed the state's house of delegates 96 - 0 and was approved by the State Senate in a voice vote, also traces the noble history of the rock.

The Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017, signed by President Donald Trump in October, was passed by voice vote in the House and Senate, where dramatic statistics on elder fraud and abuse prompted overwhelming support for the legislation.

The students learned how the state Senate works upon hearing an unrecorded voice vote of yea or nay actually passed a two - year moratorium on selling AR - 15 assault rifles like the one used in the school shooting.

The Senate Small Business Committee marked up and approved by a voice vote of 19 - 0 S. 1428, the Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2017,...