Sentences with phrase «argued against the bill»

In arguing against the bill, Brown noted that the Congressional Budget Office found that it would slightly increase the probability of a big bank failure, which would add to the deficit.

Originally posted by the Financial Post By Anita Anand, Alexander Dyck, Cristie Ford, Richard Leblanc, Randall Morck and Stéphane Rousseau The Financial Post has offered various pieces of commentary that argue against Bill C - 25 introduced by the federal government.

The Cuomo administration has argued against the bill, saying it would turn away business leaders who are volunteering to help guide state policy.

He features a video on his official Assembly website, in which he argues against a bill to curb global warming pollution, saying it would create a «burden» on businesses, and is better left to the federal government to regulate.

Representatives from teachers unions, including the CTA, the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), were also there to argue against the bill, but they were far outnumbered by supporters.

It's hard to argue against a bill as unassailably titled as the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act, introduced in the Senate last week as S. 1693.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island argued against the bill in committee.

Not exact matches

Collins, a moderate who voted against the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare earlier this year, says the bills will offset the impact of the loss of the individual mandate, but experts largely disagree, arguing that the elimination of the mandate will spike health costs and reduce choice in plans.

Its amazing how we argue against something deemed to help our citizens, yet if a gun control bill was up for debate people would be in arms (pun intended) about their right to own guns.

Madison's words were taken from a lengthy argument against a specific bill in Virginia's legislature which would have levied a tax in order to financially support the teaching of Christianity, and he argued against such a tax on the grounds that past legal support of Christianity had led to its corruption.»

Against the Mental Capacity Bill, for example, a powerful case was put forward arguing that respect for the will of the patient was being legally and morally undermined - but not why the individual's will is relevant, let alone why it should be inviolable.

Outdone Legendary courtroom orator William Jennings Bryan, by lawyer Bill Diehl, who in defending Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn against charges that Shinn had sexually assaulted a woman, argued that the alleged oral sex was consensual, saying, «If she ain't bitin», she ain't fightin».»

Cox defended Cruz's appearance at the dinner, arguing the senator supported aid for Sandy victims but that Senate Democrats had filled the bill with «pork,» and that's why he had voted against it.

More recently, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has seized on it while arguing against provisions in the just - passed federal tax bill.

Sanders has recently argued that he voted against the bill because of guest worker program provisions which he believed would have created vulnerabilities for workers and exploitation.

Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference are backing a bill today aimed at protecting child against abuse, arguing that existing laws are «overly complicated» to the point of being useless.

This year, two competing motions — one rejecting the bill and the other arguing it has had enough changes to be acceptable, are competing against each other.

Cuomo had for months argued against renewing a 2009 income tax surcharge on New Yorkers making over $ 200,000, but his bill put about half of it in place.

Some argued that State Senator Jeff Klein had brought the bill to a vote too soon, while others focused on the Republican Senators who persisted in voting against the legislation.

The Violence Against Women Bill still does not go far enough with regards to educating young people about behaviour and relationships, the Welsh Liberal Democrats will argue today.

Last year, Donovan voted against the GOP tax plan and its health care bill, arguing it would hurt his constituents.

Dempsey said that if the bill on bump stocks solely focused on the bump stocks he'd be less against it, but the bill before the committee specifically refers to accessories that increase the rate of fire of a firearm and he argues almost any part could assist in doing that including those that assist with aim.

Three, including Burnham, argued that Labour should vote against the bill.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is filing a lawsuit against the country's largest opioid manufacturers, arguing they are fueling the crisis.

They might argue for or against a bill or government policy under consideration.

Most of the chamber's Republicans voted against the bill, arguing that the policies increased standardized testing and gave too much power to the Board of Regents in implementing the new evaluation system.

The Rent Stabilization Association, which represents 25,000 city landlords, is out with new ad slamming Mayor Bill de Blasio and arguing against a potential...

Ed Miliband argued against the move, despite the fact the change will save households # 3.5 billion in energy bill payments in the years up to and including 2020.

Mayor Bill de Blasio gave supporters a glimpse of his re-election strategy against presumptive GOP nominee Nicole Malliotakis on Friday — arguing she's a Republican in the mold of President...

Malliotakis argues that her critics take her votes out of context, such as her vote against a 2011 bill to bar discrimination based on race, gender, or national origin, which she said she opposed because it is redundant to existing state and federal law.

«I would argue that this extender is of business - as - usual in Albany, an extender of lack of transparency in Albany, an extender of budgetary dysfunction in Albany,» said Senator Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who voted against the extender bills and ridiculed the manner in which they were introduced — nearly 1,800 pages delivered in the wee hours of Monday morning.

Brooklyn State Sen. Kevin S. Parker, who also voted against the bill, argued that the «Race to the Top» evaluation plan was a sufficient solution.

But when Trampe — who argued the law would embroil ranchers in expensive legal and engineering fights to defend their water rights — came out in opposition, momentum shifted against the bill, and the governor ultimately killed it.

Bill Hare, who leads a group of top climate scientists and economists at Berlin - based Climate Analytics who helped produce the UNEP gap report, said Geden's accusations «could not be more wrong» and lumped the researcher in with climate skeptics and other naysayers «who systematically downplay the risks of climate change and argue against action to reduce emissions on spurious and ill - founded grounds.»

Senator Barbara Boxer (D — CA), the top Democrat on the Senate environment panel, had argued especially forcefully against language in the Senate bill that would have kept existing state chemical regulations on the books, but reduced the states» ability to issue new regulations in the future.

The federal government's bill C - 45 to legalize marijuana in Canada will jeopardize the health of young people and Parliament should vote against it, argues the interim Editor - in - Chief of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) in an editorial.

When: March 23rd Why: A lot of people have been quick to bill «The Hunger Games» as the next «Twilight,» and while it's easy to see why — not only is it based on a series of young adult novels, but it also features a very similar love triangle at its core — just about everyone involved with the movie has argued against such comparisons.

Arguments in favor of this bill have been inconsistent and senate author Charles Wyrick (D - Fairland) argued in the senate agriculture and rural development committee against rules which he knew had already been removed from the bill.

But the dozen people who spoke against the bill, including Petland owners and workers, Retail Association of Nevada members and dog breeders from Missouri, argued the bill is too far reaching and will deprive the freedom of choice for potential buyers.

Even for the Senate, where members are well - known to prefer talking to listening, the amount of unilateral jabbering on the climate change bill has been remarkable, with lawmakers both for and against the measure arguing repeatedly over how much time was allotted for them to speak.

The Lieberman - Warner bill proposed hundreds of billions in subsidies to the coal industry, but nevertheless ACCCE ran print and radio ads against it, calling it a «job killer» and arguing that any regulation of CO2 should be left to the states — even though the group also opposed state - based regulation.

I actually watched a state legislator get up on the floor recently and argue against a global warming bill for that reason.

Writing in Mother Jones, Bill McKibben made a comprehensive case against the plan to substitute shale gas for coal, arguing that the so - called solution might be worse than the original problem.

However, opponents to the Bill argue that Bill 62 directly discriminates against Muslim women.

Against this, the Liberal Democrats have argued for a «new Bill of Rights» to «entrench the rights presently enshrined in the ECHR in the British constitutional framework».

N herself was not of Roma origin, however she argued that she was disadvantaged by the discriminatory practice due to being unable to access the meters and therefore monitor her electricity and check her usage against her bills.

He also argued against a provision of the bill that allows shareholders to file suit if a B corp fails to live up to its public - benefit obligations.»

Also interesting is that Bill Van Allen does not (because he can not) argue against the evidence that shows his brother committed corrupt acts.

There is alot of controversy surrounding the bill with many arguing that its expansive definitions will wreak havoc in the workplace and lead to frivolous litigation (see some arguments for and against here).

The affidavit was entered into the record before the Court jointly by counsel appointed to argue for and against the proposed bills.