Sentences with phrase «as omnibus»

This bill, also known as an omnibus spending bill, has been signed into law by the president, and this bill will fund the federal government through September 30, 2018.

In a series of enormously popular posts on social media, liberty - minded Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky dissected what he called the «sad excuse» for legislation more commonly known as the omnibus spending bill.

Most commercial auto policies contain «catch - all» wording that is often referred to as the omnibus clause.

The 2012 federal budget that amended dozens of pieces of legislation was referred to by many commentators as an omnibus bill.

On the Poul Anderson front, some of the ebooks are available for the Kindle in the US on the Amazon.com site, and some have recently been republished as omnibus collections in paper and ebook format by Baen.

Even as the Omnibus landed on the New York Times best - seller list in the summer of 2012, Howey kept churning out prequels.

As the Omnibus began to sell, the 5 pieces plummeted.

Titled Death Note: Black Edition, this new edition will be released as omnibus books (multiple volumes in one) with new covers and larger trim sizes than the originals.

Also series that DelRey had released as omnibus are returning to single volume editions, notably Air Gear and Wallflower.

Seven Seas will release the first 3 as an omnibus edition with the 4th volume to follow soon after.

Given that you are releasing your print books as omnibus editions, would you consider doing digital omnibuses or bundles to give readers a better deal?

In conjunction with the return of the Legend of Zelda comics in Japan, Viz Media is re-releasing the first ten volumes of the series as omnibus editions in time for the holidays this year.

After months of inactivity on Capitol Hill, D.C. is humming today as the Omnibus Appropriations bill rushes toward completion.

Democrats are unlikely to go along with any appropriations that boost defense spending while simultaneously trimming nondefense, as the omnibus does.

The comprehensive spending bill, known as an omnibus, includes funding for every corner of the government, from entitlements to overseas wars, education and farm subsidies.

While the Democratic - led Assembly has passed the legislation — which covers topics like pay equity, pregnancy discrimination and human trafficking — as an omnibus bill, Republicans in the Senate have been opposed to an abortion plank, which seeks to align state abortion law with federal law, setting up a continuing stalemate between both houses.

Whilst the initiative has been sold as an omnibus road safety initiative to clear broken down vehicles from every nook and cranny, the wily RSML has ensured that in actual fact its obligations are in fact limited to seven major highway complexes and 21 towing points nationwide.

Some volumes, such as omnibuses and mature titles, are priced higher and their prices will go up commensurately.

Not exact matches

Despite the changes on the medical front, the federal Tories have not only indicated their intention to keep marijuana in the Criminal Code, but have also introduced mandatory minimum sentences of six months on small - time grow - ops — six or more plants — as part of the omnibus crime bill, Bill C - 10.

As the budget process illustrated last year, the federal government can use subsequent budget omnibus bills to include changes not mentioned in March budgets.

As two former senior Finance Department officials, Peter Devries and Scott Clark, note, «we may not know what's actually in [the budget] until Flaherty tables the budget omnibus bills.»

Stockholders approved FedEx's 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2002 Stock Incentive Plans, as amended, FedEx's Incentive Stock Plan, as amended, and FedEx's 2010 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.

Embedded in an omnibus transparency and economic modernisation bill (known colloquially as «Sapin 2»), this amendment institutes two separate binding votes on remuneration; a forward looking vote on policy, and a backward looking vote on variable and exceptional pay amounts.

Given this, it is nothing less than our obligation, as fully participating members of civil society, to continue alerting Canadians to these cuts and their impacts, all too often hidden from view through omnibus budget bills and government «feel good» misinformation.

The law, which President Donald Trump signed on Saturday as part of the omnibus spending bill, provides funding to train students, teachers, and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence.

As a result, the protest has become bigger than this one omnibus bill.

While reading Vincent of Lerins's fifth - century aids to remembering (Commonitory) I gained the essential hermeneutical foothold in defining ecumenical teaching under the threefold test of catholicity as «that which has been believed everywhere, always, and by all» (quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus creditum est).

(We can talk about the democratic practice of an omnibus bill later, perhaps, because gracious, what a miscarriage of democracy...) So Bill C - 45 is an omnibus bill, attached to our budget currently going through Parliament, with hundreds of provisions included, which (and these are the key ones related to Idle No More) seriously undermine our environmental sustainability as a nation and the sovereign rights of the First Nations still existing within our borders.

Of course, as players return from injury and with a few inspiring league victories all will be quickly forgotten in the short term memory of the supporter on the Clapton omnibus.

As I reported here back in March, House lawmakers were able to insert language in the Congressional report accompanying the 2014 Omnibus Spending Bill advising USDA to grant schools a one - year waiver on two important new school food requirements: an increase in fruit served at breakfast and the implementation of the widely lauded «Smart Snacks in School» rules.

I was encouraged to walk up and down to bring the baby down, I strolled in and out of my room had showers etc, watched the fair city omnibus, with my husband and midwife - at some stages I even forgot I was in labour as my midwife was so entertaining, she was a gem!

Citing Trump and his, as Sen. Jose Peralta put it, «castigating» of immigrants, advocates have resumed pushing for a long - stalled Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, an omnibus bill that would give farmworkers a number of labor protections.

At 11:30 a.m., Rep. Nita Lowey announces a significant increase in federal funding for child care and early learning services as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018, Ossining Children's Center, 90 South Highland Ave., Ossining.

Disgraced Assemblymember Vito Lopez lost his position as Housing Committee chair after a sexual - harassment scandal last year — but despite opposition from tenant groups, the omnibus property - tax - break bill he tried to push through at the end of the 2012 session became law at the end of January.

As Congress stares at a Friday deadline to fund the government, the reality that members will have scant time to actually read or process the $ 1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 omnibus before voting on it is starting to sink in.

As appropriators work to craft an omnibus spending package to fund the federal government, one of them is making a pitch for additional funding to combat heroin.

In reality, the money was approved last week as part of an omnibus bill the legislature passed after the governor called members back for an extraordinary session.

In what appeared to be an attempt to force the Senate's hand, the Assembly on Monday included a two - year mayoral control extension as part of an omnibus bill that also extended several sales and other taxes for local governments around the state.

The final night of voting included some mini-drama — Democrats from Westchester fought for a sales tax increase in Yonkers as well as new hotel levies, and chamber leaders took the rare step of calling off a bill during voting because it lacked support — but was mostly spent approving an omnibus bill for outstanding housing and education issues.

Senators approved dozens of bills authorizing localities to charge an extra penny (or more) of sales tax beyond the three percent authorized as of right; Democrats in the Assembly yoked them into an omnibus bill that also extended mayoral control for two years.

They say parts of the law «are out of step with best practices and fall short of the expectations for ourselves as public servants,» and changes should be made part of a continuing resolution or omnibus bill, along with adequate funding.

On July 1, Louisiana Goveror Bobby Jindal vetoed HB 533, an omnibus election law bill, entirely because one small part of the bill lets independent candidates have «independent» as their ballot label.

While Kearns was in Albany, he was marked absent as the Assembly approved an omnibus bill early Thursday morning.

Omnibus bills are often filled with measures known as policy riders — specific carve outs of policy that often have little to do with funding the government but involve a specific, and usually partisan, issue.

The GOP is really digging in its heels on this one, which presents a problem for IDC leader Jeff Klein, since he is propsing a public matching system much like the one that currently exists in New York City as part of his omnibus campaign finance reform bill.

As Senate Democratic candidates have failed to get the ballot line, the coalition behind the Women's Equality Party have began to urge candidates sign pledges to signify their support for the omnibus bill.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Democrats earlier this year formed the Women's Equality Party as a way to boost vote totals in November and promote the women's agenda, a 10 - point omnibus package of bills with provisions aimed at pay equity, anti-human trafficking and housing discrimination.

(I.e. in recent history since 2000, what percentage of the time were omnibus bills passed as opposed to «mini-CRs» for select departments)

But then things ground to a halt, as both houses waited for the release of three final budget bills, including a revenue measure that was expected to contain the most controversial elements of the spending plan — the sort of omnibus measure known as a «big ugly.»

To prevent the impending lapse of mayoral control over New York City schools, the state Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a two - year extension Thursday as part of a larger omnibus bill, which included a pension enhancement for certain uniformed workers, special recognition for former Governor Mario Cuomo, and several benefits for upstate areas.