Sentences with phrase «senate vote on the issue»

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The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the 65 - 32 vote in the U.S. Senate today to move forward and take up bipartisan national legislation on disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients.

Focusing on the bill's support of school lunches and ignoring the issue of infant formula, the e-mail boasted that the bill would give millions of children «access to nutritious food» and that it passed «without a single dissenting vote in the United States Senate.»

Some Senate Republicans had been voting «yes» on extenders prior to the furlough issue, so it's not a foregone conclusion that they will not provide sufficient votes to help the Democrats on Monday if Diaz Sr. is unable to attend the session.

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.

However, Skelos said other issues have been resolved, such as the SUNY 2020 program, which he expects to begin voting on in the Senate as early as this afternoon.

The last public poll I recall on this issue (Siena, April 2009) found New Yorkers supported the Senate voting to pass the gay marriage bill (53 - 39), which would have virtually guaranteed it would become law since the Assembly and the governor were both on board.

«New Yorkers are frustrated with the lack of progress on issues like voting reforms, gun violence prevention, women's rights, and so many more that have been held up by the Senate Republicans for far too long.»

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Democrats both, received scores of 100 from the group, which assessed votes on key environmental issues, including the Clean Water Bond Act, renewable energy, septic storage and bolstering solar panel technology.

Senate Democrats once again addressed this issue head - on with proposals to protect our communities from gun violence, and again the Senate Republicans voted these measures down.»

The mayor's words of support come as Johnson is being targeted, along with Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein, by the AFL - CIO for his «yes» vote on charter schools, as well as a host of other issues with which the union is displeased.

USA: In senate votes the vice-president gets a deciding vote on the issue.

Cuomo received the party's nomination in 2010 and 2014, but this year, many grassroots activists in the party said they were inclined to back Nixon, saying that Cuomo had done too much to enable Republicans to remain in control of the State Senate and block votes on a range of progressive issues.

Nadine commended Erik Coler for meeting with Assemblyman Brian Kavanaugh on the topic of early voting — the Assemblyman thinks Republicans are in agreement on this issue and it may pass in the Assembly and State Senate.

Why would the outcome of a state senate race in NY matter one whit to a voter in Maryland or Minnesota who is voting directly on the issue of marriage.

Maybe if Mr. Capel and his allies were less worried about protecting their housekeeping accounts — and were more focused on lining up every democratic vote in the senate — we could finally move forward on some of these other more polarizing issues.

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 issue remains open for discussion even as the Senate and Assembly begin voting on various budget bills.

And for many of them, this year's top issue it the DREAM Act, which was narrowly voted down by the Senate on Monday.

The IDC had previously called for votes on key liberal issues in the Senate through a «call the roll» campaign — indicating that even with a Democratic majority, the votes on concerns like abortion rights and campaign finance reform may not be there.

Following Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos» comments yesterday about ongoing talks on a public campaign finance system, state Conservative Party is upping the ante on the issue, warning Republican lawmakers that they could lose a crucial endorsement if they vote «yes» should a bill come to the floor.

This gives the Senate Democratic leadership some time to deal with the same - sex marriage issue that has Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. pledging to vote «no» on the revenue bill.

Capelle, who led the crusade to get a vote in the State Senate on the issue of gay marriage last fall, is leaving after one of the group's most significant recent defeats.

Although Bloomberg clearly put pressure on Republicans to bring the bill to a vote Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos left the meeting with Bloomberg and told reporters that his conference needed to further discuss the issue.

The vote next week that determines which party controls the state Senate won't be decided by city dwellers — but they'll feel the impact on critical issues from rent control...

Through deft political maneuvering, Cuomo and a group of activists, advocates and political donors were able to sway the Republican - controlled Senate to allow for a vote on the issue while getting some Republicans to vote for the measure.

The Senate did not vote on the proposed marriage equality bill, which was passed by the Assembly Wednesday, leaving two key issues still up in the air.

The group's Jeanette Galanis says targeted mailers have already been sent to constituents of key Senate Republicans, in hopes of persuading them to be the swing votes on the issue.

Senate: While addressing the chamber before the vote on its one - house budget on Monday, Majority Leader John Flanagan said that he didn't feel mayoral control was a budget issue.

Senate Republicans were deeply torn on the issue, but ultimately approved the measure (the political calculation hinged on having all Republicans vote for the bill out of solidarity, making attacks on the measure's approval for an individual lawmaker all the harder).

According to DN Capitol Bureau Chief Ken Lovett, the Senate leadership agreed to an up - or - down vote on a farm workers rights bill that has long been Espada's pet issue (not to mention Kerry Kennedy's, too).

«The women of New York deserve a vote on the entire Women's Equality Act and have a right to know where their elected officials stand on these important issues,» Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said in a statement.

My voting record in the Senate reflects their agenda — on issues ranging from the fight against fracking to women's rights and raising the minimum wage for working families,» Tkaczyk said in a statement.

It remains to be seen whether all of this coordination and unity has any impact on the Senate vote, particularly when state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long has made it clear this is a line - in - the - sand issue for him — a potential problem for the Senate Republicans as they gear up for the next fight for the majority in 2012.

The conventional wisdom as to why Senate Republicans allowed a vote on the same - sex marriage bill went like this: Removing the issue and the well - financed groups who backed pro-gay marriage candidates would only help, not hurt their cause in keeping the majority.

And she repeatedly noted that Republicans only hold a one - seat majority in the Senate, adding there are no plans to drop an emphasis on key issues for Democrats such as a minimum wage increase, strengthening abortion rights and the Dream Act — even if the votes just aren't there for those measures.

«I'm Not a Perfect Man,» said Latimer, when Astorino raised the issue of his skipping an important budget vote in the Senate last April to go on vacation in London.

Senate sponsor Diane Savino, says while there's significant support, no one party holds a majority of yes votes on the issue, and advocates still need to build momentum.

He says the State Senate already voted on the issue and he's looking forward to learning who Governor Dannel Malloy will nominate next.

In October, Ms. Henry's campaign issued a mailer that ripped Mr. LaValle for poor attendance in the Senate, stating he had missed votes on 119 bills that year.

Though some Republicans are said to favor GENDA, if their party held an outright majority in the Senate, it is unclear whether their leader, Dean Skelos from Nassau County, would ask the full GOP conference to do what it did two years ago on marriage equality — allow a floor vote even with most of its members opposed to the issue.

As the State Senate ignored yet another call for a vote on the issue, gay activists began raising the pressure.

Many are crediting Democrat Terry Gipson's win in New York's 41st State Senate seat over incumbent Republican Stephen Saland to Conservative Party candidate Neil DiCarlo, who entered the race on the sole issue of Saland's vote for same - sex marriage.

ALBANY — Members of the state Senate said they plan to vote Tuesday evening on the «entirety» of the state budget, even though some issues about taxes and real estate subsidies have still not been resolved.

Paterson also reminded listeners that a quorum can be reached and bills can be passed even if all 32 Democrats are not present, and he implored Senate Republicans not to vote «no» on important issues for political gain.

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.

New York finally got some good news from Congress on Wednesday when the Senate pushed forward $ 2.6 billion in aid for the state, after two months of lost votes on the issue threatened to blow big holes in local and state budgets.

He also predicted that the Senate would vote on the issue before the June 22 end of the legislative session.

But didn't Bruno already decline a chance for the State Senate to vote on the issue?

For months, suspense has hung on every bill dependent on the razor - thin majority of Senate Democrats, who might withhold their votes or their presence to leverage pet issues.

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said a decision on whether to hold a public vote on the issue won't be made for a several weeks.