Sentences with phrase «senate vote on an amendment»

A Senate vote on an amendment that would have blocked gun purchases by people on a federal watch list for terrorism caught the attention of NBC producer / reporter Frank Thorp:

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After an official 20 hours of debate, the Republican - controlled Senate was expected to begin a potentially chaotic «vote - a-rama» on amendments from Republicans and Democrats before moving to a final vote late on Thursday or early on Friday.

The Republican - controlled Senate was expected to begin a potentially chaotic «vote - a-rama» on amendments...

Feinstein offered a similar version of the amendment in December, a day after an extremist couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, but the Republican - run Senate rejected the proposal on a near party - line vote.

The Washington State Senate today passed a proposed crowdfunding law with a 46 - 2 vote, as House Bill 2023 now moves back to the House for a vote on amendments.

Whereas the current Code merely calls for a statement to be published on the company's website in response to shareholder concerns when a say - on - pay fails to receive majority support, the Senate's amendment would require companies to prepare and present a report at the next general meeting detailing how it took the shareholder vote into consideration.

This power, in place until at least 2018 under Congressional authorization, allows the President to send trade deals through Congress without amendment while leaving the House of Representatives and Senate the authority to simply vote up or down on the finished result.

On February 15, 2018, Congress had an opportunity to vote on several amendments for a chance to get a bill that would include a solution for DREAMERs, through the SenatOn February 15, 2018, Congress had an opportunity to vote on several amendments for a chance to get a bill that would include a solution for DREAMERs, through the Senaton several amendments for a chance to get a bill that would include a solution for DREAMERs, through the Senate.

CNN: Senate votes to kill controversial contraception amendment The Senate voted Thursday to kill a controversial proposal pushed by Republicans that would allow employers to opt out of providing health care coverage that they disagree with on moral grounds.

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.

Silver also said his chamber would vote on the amendment to the same - sex marriage bill only after Senate Republicans take up the measure.

Senate Republicans on procedural grounds voted down amendments backed by Democrats in the Senate that included much of the same provisions supported by their counterparts in the Assembly.

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

It was the second House vote on the legislation because the Senate added energy efficiency amendments and other changes last month.

Democrats in the state Senate, fed up with gun - control bills going nowhere in the GOP - controlled chamber, are secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.

The Senate voted 30 to 29 to reject an attempt by Hoylman on Monday to attach the bill as an amendment to an unrelated bill.

At the same time, Cuomo did not initially knock Republicans in the state Senate for voting down a series of hostile amendments on Wednesday that would have banned bump stocks and strengthened background checks.

Martins told Long Island Business News: «I fully and unequivocally support redistricting reform and voted in favor of the most recent constitutional amendment that was passed by the Senate... Unfortunately, there are still those who would have the very process of reform turned on its head to become a bitter, partisan one.»

The Senate approved a fiscal 2017 defense policy bill after skipping votes on several major amendments, including a proposal by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to transfer from commanders to military prosecutors decisions on whether to prosecute military sexual assault cases.

The American Civil Liberties Union strongly urges you vote «YES» on the Kennedy - Smith hate crimes prevention amendment to the Defense Department authorization bill, when the amendment likely comes to the Senate floor next week.

Holding a vote on the amendments, nevertheless, is key for the newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Suffolk County lawmaker who defeated upstate Sen. John DeFrancisco in a leadership vote last month.

The Republicans who voted «yes» on the chapter include the four mentioned above plus Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and two of his fellow Long Islanders — Sens. Carl Marcellino and Kemp Hannon, who assisted Saland in hammering out the amendment language.

Robert was a lead sponsor of Right To Life legislation and supported the North Carolina marriage amendment, [5] although he was not serving in the NC Senate when the North Carolina marriage amendment passed out of committee and was finally voted on by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011.

The Senate passed Governor Wilson's rent law amendment, but the Assembly did not come to a vote on it.

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With Sens. Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsDem rep to launch discharge petition to force net neutrality vote in House Hillicon Valley: Senate votes to save net neutrality Senate panel breaks with House, says Russia favored Trump in 2016 Latest from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Lawmakers push back on helping Chinese tech giant Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — ObamaCare premium wars are back MORE (R - Maine) and Jack ReedJohn (Jack) Francis ReedOvernight Defense: Trump aide's comment mocking McCain sparks outrage Haspel gets another «no» vote Pompeo floats North Korea aid for denuclearization Politicians, media explode over White House aide's comments Senate Dems urge Trump to remain in Iran deal ahead of announcement MORE (D - R.I.), who are spearheading the legislation, opposed to Paul's amendment, Paul pledged that he would block leadership from trying to speed up procedural votes, as well as block any other amendment from getting queued up for floor time.

Tax Overhaul — Motion to Concur — Vote Passed (224 - 201, 7 Not Voting) Brady, R - Texas, motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the tax overhaul that would revise the federal income tax system by: lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; lowering individual tax rates through 2025; limiting state and local deductions to $ 10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiaries.

In a sign that leadership expected the vote in the House to be tight, sources told The Hill on Thursday evening that Defense Secretary James MattisJames Norman MattisOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Overnight Defense: Senate confirms Haspel as CIA chief Trump offers Kim «protections» if he gives up nukes Dem amendments target Trump military parade MORE was calling members urging them to support the agreement.

Rep. John Faso, the Kinderhook Republican who represents the neighboring district, confined his comments on the Senate proposal to its inclusion of an amendment he helped secure in the House bill, for which he voted.

Tax Overhaul — Motion to Request Conference — Vote Passed (222 - 192, 19 Not Voting) Brady, R - Texas, motion that the House disagree with the Senate amendment and request a conference with the Senate on the bill that would revise the federal income tax system by lowering individual and corporate tax rates, repealing various deductions through 2025.

The Assembly's Judiciary Committee moved a version of a constitutional amendment requiring public officials convicted of felonies to forfeit their pensions that had passed the Senate last year, but Speaker Carl Heastie was completely noncommittal when asked if it would be voted on by the full chamber.

Rep. Faso's Recent Votes Tracking Rep. Faso in the Age of Trump fivethirtyeight.com MegaVote December 11, 2017 Tax Overhaul — Motion to Request Conference — Vote Passed (222 - 192, 19 Not Voting) Brady, R - Texas, motion that the House disagree with the Senate amendment and request a conference with the Senate on the bill that would revise -LSB-...]

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats and IDC lawmakers sought to raise the gun control issue on the floor of the chamber, proposing a series of hostile amendments to other bills that were voted down on procedural grounds that Republicans voted dowOn Wednesday, Senate Democrats and IDC lawmakers sought to raise the gun control issue on the floor of the chamber, proposing a series of hostile amendments to other bills that were voted down on procedural grounds that Republicans voted dowon the floor of the chamber, proposing a series of hostile amendments to other bills that were voted down on procedural grounds that Republicans voted dowon procedural grounds that Republicans voted down.

The day long maneuvering resulted in the unusual action of one of the co-leaders of the Senate offering a hostile amendment to try to force a vote on a section of the women's equality act dealing with abortion rights.

In the Senate, a string of Democrats introduced hostile amendments, trying to force a vote on issues — like gun control and early voting — that had fallen out of budget negotiations in recent days, and their remarks mixed anger over the lack of action with wisecracks about the late hour.

The New York Senate and Assembly were poised to vote on new district lines, as Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders announced agreement on a number of other unrelated issues, including expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and an amendment to allow more gambling in New York.

Former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford Jr., the one - time NY Senate hopeful excoriated for his flip - flopping on same - sex marriage and his two votes for a federal marriage amendment, has recorded a video in support of New Yorkers for Marriage Equality.

That reasoning did not stop Senate Democrats, who are in the minority in that house, from attempting to place the bill on the Senate floor for a vote, in what's known as a hostile amendment.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- In effort to show fellow Democrats he hears their deep concerns about his health care plan, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus plans to make changes to his own proposal even before the committee starts voting Tuesday on hundreds of proposed amendments to the $ 774 billion dollar plan.

Former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford Jr., the one - time NY Senate hopeful excoriated for his flip - flopping on same - sex marriage and his two votes for a federal marriage amendment, has recorded a video in support of New Yorkers for Marr... Read

The additional funds appeared in the capital projects budget bill in an amendment at 10:37 p.m. on Thursday — just over an hour before the budget deadline, and roughly four overnight hours before it cleared the State Senate by a 59 - 3 vote.

He forced Senate opponents to vote on politically perilous bills and amendments.

Sen. Brad Hoylman records the vote on his proposed amendment to human trafficking legislation in the Senate on Monday.

S. 697, meanwhile, cleared a key Senate committee on a 15 - 5 bipartisan vote this past May, following a series of amendments designed to win over Democrats who worried that the bill favored industry interests and took too much power from state regulators.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I — VT), a Democratic - aligned independent, has suggested that he would push for a vote on an another amendment of his own, but it wasn't on the Senate's agenda for the day.

Senate floor debate could begin sometime in June, Udall said, after which it may take to 6 weeks to vote on amendments.

From Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 book «Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln» as adapted by Kushner and directed by Steven Spielberg, the movie «Lincoln» focuses on one principal activity, which was the president's role in convincing a sharply divided House of Representatives to vote for the Amendment already passed by the Senate because Lincoln's party had the numbers there.

September 30, 2013 • As the U.S. government braces for a shutdown, the Senate voted Monday to reject amendments to a stopgap spending bill passed by the House of Representatives that would have delayed the healthcare law for a year and repeal a tax on medical devices, and returned a «clean» continuing resolution that would keep the government open until Nov. 15 — and leave Obamacare intact — to the House.

The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee took up a workforce - development bill last week but delayed a vote on the measure until this week after several members, primarily Democrats, brought up a varied array of amendments.

The Senate spent two days last week debating the school - reform measure, S 1150, and voting on several amendments.