Sentences with phrase «bill came to a vote»

With one other non-IDC Democrat named Simcha Felder, these 9 Democratic State Senators chose to abandon their party for a «majority coalition» with the minority Republicans, giving them control over what bills come to a vote, who gets important committee posts, and makes it impossible for any progressive legislation to become law.

Apparently, it's still unclear what will happen if the bill comes to a vote in the Assembly on Tuesday, although it's highly unlikely that members would reject it.

An aide to the governor said Mr. Paterson would still like to see the same - sex marriage bill come to a vote in the coming weeks, but Democratic leaders have resisted holding a vote unless it was assured of victory.»

Even if the bill comes to a vote it isn't clear Senate Republicans would go for it as many of them favor keeping local DAs in charge of the cases.

In other words, party, not geography, seemed to be the best indicator of whether two representatives would cooperate when a bill came to a vote.

Neither bill came to a vote last year and they have been reintroduced in the new legislative session.

Why the Climate Bill is Alive and Well Here are a few more highlights from his piece (which is a must - read for clean energy reform watchers) that explain why there's still a good chance we'll see the bill come to a vote this year:

Not exact matches

At least two GOP Senators, Kentucky's Rand Paul and Maine's Susan Collins, are expected to vote against the Graham - Cassidy bill to repeal Obamacare if it comes to the floor.

Although the bill drew bipartisan support in the Senate, with 14 Republicans voting for it, it will almost certainly face a tougher fight in the Republican - controlled House of Representatives in the weeks to come.

The process allows Republicans to avoid a Democratic filibuster and pass the bill on a party - line vote, but it comes with strings attached.

The House on Tuesday voted to pass the version of the tax bill that came out of the bicameral conference committee, appearing to pave the way for the Senate to pass it later in the night.

Republican Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has said he would allow the bill to come to a vote if Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did not make progress soon on improving relations with Russia on the Syrian civil war.

With a slim majority in the Senate, the party chose to use «budget reconciliation» — a process that allows a bill to pass with only 50 votes (plus Vice President Mike Pence) but comes with restrictions that make it less than ideal for complex policymaking — to pass their plan.

And other big potential Republican priorities for 2018 — including potential bills to boost infrastructure spending and cut back on entitlement programs — are now in limbo as every last vote comes under the election - year spotlight.

The final vote came out as 51 - 49 in favor, after Republicans had to rework the bill late on Thursday.

So until some Alabama congressman puts up a bill that allows pigs, cows and sheep to sign binding contracts, and it passes... or some State lowers their age of consent with a majority vote from the parents of that State, the «Come F * my child bill», there is no slippery slope.

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I was glad to see foru of the guys I voted for finally come off: Ramkins, Billings, Floyd and A'Shawn.

The bill is expected to come up for a vote in the Senate when the General Assembly reconvenes next month.

The decision came after the Hoffman Estates Park District board voted 5 - 2 to make the museum start paying its electric and water bills for its use of the barn as of July 1.

All 19 votes against the bill came from the opposition Conservatives, who objected to the lack of a disclosure veto provision.

Cuomo has previously stated he would only want the bill to come to the floor if the 32 votes needed to pass were secured.

With Liberal Democrats and Labour set to oppose the bill, it is certain to be voted down in the Commons unless he comes to a new deal with Nick Clegg.

He said he's still thinking about whether he will vote «yes» on the omnibus rent / property tax cap / mandate relief bill when it comes to the floor.

«I think the public and CSEA and anybody else is free to always to assess who is worthy of their support and support should not come as result of a vote yes or a vote no any particular bill.»

After listening to Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson explain why bills like the Farm Workers Bill of Rights should be allowed to come to the floor for a debate and eventual vote even if it's clear they don't have sufficient support to pass — «This is about democracy!»

«While I have co-sponsored numerous bills to address these issues, it is no secret that only the Senate Republicans can allow these reforms to come to the Senate floor for an actual vote,» Panepinto said.

Thompson, a Buffalo Democrat, told me in no uncertain terms that he's not going to leave his colleague, Sen. Bill Stachowski, «out to dry like that» when it comes to balking on the revenue bill, which leaves at least two solid «no» votes until the Assembly decides to deal on this isBill Stachowski, «out to dry like that» when it comes to balking on the revenue bill, which leaves at least two solid «no» votes until the Assembly decides to deal on this isbill, which leaves at least two solid «no» votes until the Assembly decides to deal on this issue.

The letter paints a potential plan that would allow the leaders — Sen. Jeff Klein of the IDC and Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins of the mainline conference — to choose each others» deputies and have approval over which bills come to the floor for a vote.

The opposition will whip its MPs through the «aye» lobby when it comes to the general second reading vote, but vote against the programme motion which seeks to restrict the amount of time the bill will be debated for.

The New York City Council Health Committee voted unanimously to ban the use of exotic animals in entertainment, approving a bill that is expected to come to a full council vote next week.

His flood insurance bill — a piece of legislation he has touted on the campaign trail — is expected to come to a vote this week.

Skelos wouldn't say whether the bill would come to the floor for a vote if Republicans had an outright majority.

Assembly Democrats this coming week will vote on a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as a adults — pressuring Senate Republicans who have long blocked the measure.

The English veto vote would come after the final opportunities to amend the bill take place at report stage.

«The GOP - IDC coalition in State Senate won't allow the bill to come up for a vote.

But when it came time to vote on the bill containing these final two pieces, some Republicans balked.

A breakthrough on the health care reform bill expected to be voted on today came after an amendment that adds $ 8 billion to the measure to help cover insurance costs for people with pre-existing conditions.

Nojay, Friend, and David DiPietro each cast votes the same way as the speaker on fewer than two - thirds of the bills that came to the floor.

The sponsor of a Michigan internet gambling bill is attempting to build a critical mass of support for the measure ahead of a potential House floor vote on it in the coming weeks,...

The current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has said that bills will not come to the floor for a vote unless a majority of Democrats agree, even if numerically, counting Republican support, there are enough votes for it to pass.

However, when the plan came to a vote, the Tea Party's Freedom Caucus would vote against the bill and it would fail.

But the IDC will no longer have a formal say on what bills can come to the floor for a vote, Senate GOP sources say.

Libous also declined to say that the decision by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to allow the same - sex marriage bill to come to the floor for a vote last year — where it passed, thanks to «yes» votes from Saland and McDonald, along with Sens. Mark Grisanti and Jim Alesi — was a bad idea, though he did allow the Republicans knew quite well that the vote would cost them with the conservative grassroots in this election.

They emerged with a brief statement: The bill would come to the floor for a vote, with ultimately four backing the measure.

The bill in the City Council, which could come up for a vote as early as Thursday, would only allow Uber and similar cab - apps like Lyft to bring 201 new cars onto the road in the next year — a steep drop - off from Uber's planned addition of 10,000 new vehicles.

The final budget agreement came so late that the governor had to use what's called a special message of necessity to bypass the legal three day waiting period between when a bill is printed and when it can be voted on.

Flanagan killed the bill's chances a day after the hopes of survivors for a vote before the legislative session's scheduled end on Wednesday were raised by Sen. James Tedisco, of Schenectady, who became the first Senate Republican to come out in favor of the Child Victims Act.

That was why I found it absolutely disgraceful that he came in the other night to vote against the referendum lock in the European Union Bill, which is going through the other place.»

Savino maintains there are enough votes in the Senate to approve the measure if the bill comes to the floor to vote.