Sentences with phrase «actually voting on the bill»

The problem has been securing an opportunity to actually vote on the bill, a decision made by the all - powerful and often unyielding Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver.

The lack of cloture prevents the Senate from actually voting on the bill.

The cloture vote is required to pass first in order to be able to actually vote on the bill.

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«It was one of the first bills I actually voted on when I finally got seated and I found it very ironic here I was in a gerrymandered district that had been drawn by for Republican Party and here I was voting for this and I stood up and said I don't support this because it enshrines our gerrymandered districts in the constitution and it's not an independent panel.»

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

The only dissenting vote came from Harlem Senator Bill Perkins, who actually praised the work on the bill in explaining his vote, before saying he was going to vote no because he was concerned with taking control away from the legislatBill Perkins, who actually praised the work on the bill in explaining his vote, before saying he was going to vote no because he was concerned with taking control away from the legislatbill in explaining his vote, before saying he was going to vote no because he was concerned with taking control away from the legislature.

Collectively they're more moderate than the average member, and many of them have actually voted with House Republicans on bills targeting Obamacare — causing headaches for Democratic leaders who yearn for party unity and a more progressive presence in the caucus.

While New York City Democrats would likely be the most frustrated if there's no agreement in 2016, there are dozens of lawmakers throughout the state who had to grapple with the issue on the campaign trail this year, and thus suffered a political headache for voting in favor of a budget bill that included a provision which didn't actually wind up raising their salary.

The President claims that the House Speaker, John Boehner, is refusing to allow a vote on a so - called «clean spending bill» which many believe actually has the votes to pass (see for example http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-04/obama-tells-republicans-to-stop-shutdown-farce/4997874):

(As Jimmy V. noted on CapCon, there's actually no bill to vote on at the moment).

The House is scheduled to vote on its bill to overhaul Obamacare, but it remains unclear whether the Republicans have enough votes to actually pass it.

Mr. Jeffries also questioned Mr. Astorino's presence at the press conference, which is being attended by several members of Congress who, like Mr. Jeffries, will actually vote on the transportation bill, including Republican Congressman Daniel Donovan and Democrats Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and Congressman Jerrold Nadler.

The source speculated that legislative leaders might actually want Cuomo to deliver on his threat to force a government shutdown vote and pack his entire spending plan into a must - pass extender bill.

Amash prides himself on actually reading every bill before he votes and then explaining each of his votes on Facebook — referring back frequently to the Constitution as the basis for his position.

Doesn't speak well of someone who aspires to lead the CDE to not have the courage to actually vote (twice) on this bill.

Through the ALEC Task Force, K12 has actually had an equal vote with state legislators on so - called «model» bills to divert taxpayer funds away from traditional public schools toward the objectives of ALEC's private sector funders, to help their bottom - lines and / or legislative agenda.

Apparently Malloy feels that that notion of having to select someone who actually knows something about teachers and what is going on in the classroom would cramp his style, so the governor who will become the leader of the Democratic Governors Association next year vetoed a bill that passed the General Assembly's Education Committee 32 — 0, the Connecticut State Senate by a vote of 36 -0 and the Connecticut House of Representatives by a vote of 138 — 5.

This was actually done in Wisconsin by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011 when 14 Democrat Senators fled the state to avoid the quorum needed to vote on a controversial bill that they couldn't block.