Sentences with phrase «several pending bills»

Several pending bills would take away the governor's authority to appoint certain judges and give that power to the legislature.

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Additionally, several congressional bills that would make credit freezes free in all states are pending on Capitol Hill.

Gov. Cuomo repeated a threat he's made several times in his effort to win approval for a tough ethics reform bill now pending in the Legislature, one that would finally put teeth into enforcement.

Mark - Viverito answered several questions, including her reaction to some protest groups rejecting the call for a moratorium on protests, whether she shares the sentiment expressed by Mayor de Blasio that media coverage of protests has fostered divisiveness, whether the council will table any pending NYPD - related bills, whether she'll attend the Ramos and Liu funerals, her reaction to PBA President Pat Lynch's comment that responsibility for the bloodshed begins «on steps of City Hall», how long a protest moratorium should last and whether her «show of support... will be received as... political expediency.»

Several bills pending in Congress would set a so - called cap - and - trade policy under which an overall limit on pollution would be set — and companies with low output could sell their allowances to those that fail to cut emissions as long as the total stays within the total pollution cap.

There are several bills pending that would increase the number of H - 1B visas.

WAPF members have been reading for several years about the problems that the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) poses, and have more recently been alerted to the federal food safety bills that are pending in Congress.

Fearful that several difficult issues could derail a pending reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, a broad coalition of general and special education groups emerged last week with what they have billed as a consensus plan to retool the law.

Meanwhile, the panel moved several other key education bills including one that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an allegation of misconduct is pending.

Interestingly, the testimony and questions during the hearing veered several times from accountability to teacher effectiveness (another pending House Education Committee reauthorization bill), suggesting that lawmakers see a direct link between the two issues.

We already have 17 states that prohibit their cities and counties from passing breed discriminatory laws and several states, including Washington, Missouri, South Dakota, and Maryland, have bills currently pending that would do just that.

There are several bills pending with bipartisan sponsorship.

Spam legislation has not been enacted on a federal level in the United States, although several bills are pending.