Sentences with phrase «action on the bill»

Manhattan Democrat Sen. Brad Hoylman is calling on state GOP Senate leaders to finally take action on bills he's introduced that would enable police to remove firearms from the premises of domestic violence incidents and give judges the power to seize an individual's firearms if they pose a significant risk to themselves or others.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended action on the Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act 2010 to make provision for...

A day after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, gun control advocacy groups occupied the Massachusetts State House, demanding action on a bill that would prevent individuals who pose extreme risks to themselves or others from possessing a firearm.

«I'm here today to urge action on this bill,» said Vilsack, who abandoned his prepared remarks to «speak from the heart.»

So, Picente has sent letters to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the senate majority leader asking them to cease action on the bill.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, D - Albany, said she'd like to see action on a bill she introduced last week to ban possession, sale and manufacture of bump stocks, devices used in the Las Vegas mass shooting that allow a semi-automatic firearm to fire at a faster rate.

«We saw scores fall across the board for each of the legislative conferences based on a variety of factors, including the lack of action on bills most critical to our environmental health, as well as an increase in the passage of bills that actually do harm to New York's environment,» explained Executive Director Rob Moore.

Last Thursday was the deadline for floor action on bills originating in the opposite chamber and next Thursday, April 14, is the deadline to concur (or not concur) on those bills.

A filibuster is an attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter.

There won't be any action on the bill in the legislature for a while, though.

The deadline for him to take action on the bill was midnight Saturday.

However, the New York State Senate Finance Committee took no action on the bill and it never made it to the floor of the senate.

He doesn't expect any action on his bill to create voluntary national standards in math and science education, co-sponsored by Senator Chris Dodd (D - CT), who also is retiring.

Senate action on the bill was expected before the end of the week.

On occasion, we'll ask you to TAKE ACTION on the bills we've identified as most important through our Phone2Action campaigns, trips to Springfield, and «slipping» in opposition or support of the bills that affect the charter school community.

Christie has until Aug. 3 to take action on the bill and has indicated he will sign it, but he also has the option to conditionally veto parts with which he doesn't concur.

NAR analysts point out that action on the bill will probably be slow pending hearings on other tax measures in Congress.

For instance, the Iowa Association of REALTORS ® sent three calls for action on a bill that creates an income tax deduction for people who contribute to a savings account intended to help them buy their first home.