Sentences with phrase «began debate on a bill»

Had he pressed forward this week, he almost surely would have lacked the votes even to begin debate on the bill.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had said that he wanted to begin debate on the bill and pass it this week, using special fast - track procedures.

A third, Sen. Jim Webb (Va.), voted to begin debate on the bill but said he opposed raising income on ordinary income.

Fiscal 1993 Budget / Budget Rules HR 3732 The House last week began debate on a bill to allow funding transfers from defense to domestic programs.

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Yesterday marked the beginning of House debate on the waiver language, with Rep. Sam Farr (D - CA) seeking to strip the waiver from the House spending bill.

The Lords begin debating on the health and social care bill tonight.

But Harper's greatest challenge starts next week when the House of Lords reform bill begins its lengthy parliamentary journey with a two - day debate in the Commons on Monday and Tuesday.

And a cluster of first - term Senate Republicans have been eager to get rid of a procedural vote to begin floor debate on government funding bills.

said lawmakers will begin debating the tax bill on Nov. 6.

The debate on the Government's Lords Reform Bill begins today and concludes tomorrow.

The Senate voted to begin debating the bill on Tuesday.

Debate on the coroners and justice bill continues this evening, beginning with clauses on «hatred on grounds of sexual orientation».

The U.S. Senate moved closer to approving a sweeping overhaul of the tax code yesterday, voting to begin debate on the tax bill as Republican leaders continue trying to secure the votes for final passage.

The vote — which came hours after the Senate narrowly approved a motion to begin debate on the legislation — is a setback for Republicans hoping to mark passage of a final repeal bill this week.

In their defence, they only saw the bill for the first time the day before the summer recess and began to debate it on their first full day back, but all the same it is hard to understand the official support of Liberal Democrats, who had made transparency in lobbying a major demand in coalition negotiations.

MPs will begin the second day of debate on the European Union (notification of withdrawal) bill this afternoon.

Before copies of the bill could be printed, debate began on the floor.

Omnibus Education Bill S2 The Senate last week began debate on S 2, the comprehensive education - reform bill sponsored by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of MassachuseBill S2 The Senate last week began debate on S 2, the comprehensive education - reform bill sponsored by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusebill sponsored by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts.

Moving testimony Last November I found myself sitting in an ornate hearing room in Ohio's state capitol, waiting for a debate on an anti — Common Core bill to begin.

«This week, the House will begin debate on the Student Success Act, a bill that would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind.

The Senate will begin debate on its No Child Left Behind (NCLB) replacement bill — the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177).

After much speculation and a summer spent debating health insurance reform, the Senate is finally ready to begin work on its climate bill.

David Doniger, climate policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the introduction of the Boxer - Kerry bill on Wednesday would signal the beginning of Senate debate on climate change.

In this year, cap and trade legislation passed in the U.S. House, debate began on a U.S. Senate version of the bill, and international climate accord meetings took place in Copenhagen.

Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee are scheduled to meet Tuesday night to hammer out the final details; then text of the revised bill is expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, and debate is to begin on Thursday.

The debate was nominally on the Lieberman - Warner bill that would establish a federal cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2012, with the caps gradually ramping down to 80 % below 1990 emissions by 2050.

The government was facing difficulties this week in its efforts to fix the date of Brexit, as MPs began an eight - day debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill.

On Monday September 11, Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 was reported (with amendments) from the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, and House debate on second reading has beguOn Monday September 11, Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 was reported (with amendments) from the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, and House debate on second reading has beguon Finance and Economic Affairs, and House debate on second reading has beguon second reading has begun.

While Bill C - 35 is not yet law (passed third reading in the House of Commons and on March 10, 2011 was at report presentation and debate stage in the Senate), the Governor in Council launched a public selection process which began in August 2010, to establish a new regulatory body for immigration consultants in Canada.

This week, the full Senate begins debate on the Patent Reform Act of 2011, a bill that is receiving a lot of press, mostly for its funding and first - to - file provisions.