Sentences with phrase «bill language»

Without seeing bill language or being included in negotiations they declined.

The advocates were never shown bill language before the bill went to print.

I thought it was important to listen to all of my constituents and hold an undecided position until the actual bill language was written and everyone's voice had been heard.

The administration developed bill language that tracked the aims of the industry, according to a legislative source who saw it.

«We won't possible know until we see bill language,» she said.

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Senate Republicans remain huddled behind closed doors as we continue to wait for bill language for the mega property - tax cap, mandate relief and rent control extension for New York City.

As for bill language in the agenda from the governor's office, Miller said progress is being made on that front, but there's still no timetable for its release.

32BJ's involvement in drafting the legislation was so close that union officials jointly edited a Microsoft Word document with the proposed bill language with officials from the city's Department of Consumer Affairs.

Though opposition to abortion rights is held by some mainline Democratic senators in the narrowly divided chamber — Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. chief among them — NARAL's ad takes on Skelos, who does not want to hold a floor vote on the bill (Cuomo is yet to release bill language on his women's agenda, first unveiled at the State of the State, and he says he's still piecing together the abortion rights proposal with women's groups).

Final bill language in New York has yet to be printed and publicly released and is expected to be included in a state budget of approximately $ 168 billion that lawmakers here are still working to fully complete.

With bill language still in flux, that measns no bils are being printed, meaning the measures are unlikely to be taken up this evening.

So far, we haven't seen any of the religious protections that have been discussed by the Republicans and the governor's office materialize into bill language.

Cuomo's office was dismissive Wednesday evening, saying «it is common course to have multiple suggestions for bill language from various sources.»

In doing so, these individuals publicly broke rank with their own organization, which is currently urging Congress to include in the 2015 appropriations bill language which would allow struggling school districts to opt out of healthier meal standards.

Governor Cuomo is meeting with a coalition of women's groups, including NARAL Prochoice New York, and the National Organization of Women, to try to craft bill language.

Lawmaker inserted bill language in National Defense Authorization Act to require U.S. Defense Department to consider additive manufacturing for contracts

Not all of the committee's Republicans are totally on board with the current bill language either.

The most detailed version of what's being discussed has come in the form of draft bill language obtained and published by POLITICO, including laws that would allow ride - hailing services to operate upstate and would potentially give the governor more authority over appointing commissioners to the Port Authority.

Under the House bill language for Title I portability, Title I grant funding for disadvantaged students would follow the student to his or her newly selected public or charter school.

Cuomo, in Albany today with U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Sen. Chuck Schumer, said during the off - topic discussion that agreed - upon bill language for thw womens agenda still needs to be hammered out.

Bruce Gyory and Bob Bellafiore debate Governor Cuomo's new strategy of withholding bill language, and the infamous tweet by state Senator Greg Ball.

As if that list wasn't long enough, the proposed 2017 - 18 Capital Projects bill language would further expand SMFP spending to include «the acquisition by eligible entities of equipment and other capital assets, including vehicles, in support of health, safety, technology, or innovation.»

The final bill language begins with the same passage — including that loaded phrase «other telecommunications infrastructure» (telecom lobbyists, call your offices!).

While neither side was speaking publicly about details of the contract, bill language needed to authorize the payments needed to cover salary increases states that union members would get 2 percent annual raises for five years, which is the recent pattern the governor has set with other state unions.

Supposedly final, agreed - upon program bill language, including changes to arbitration as part of a local «financial restructuring board» law, was released by the governor's office to the AlbanyTimes Union and posted on the paper's Capitol Confidential website at 11:49 a.m. on June 18.

But Paterson has yet to submit any specific bill language on cuts to the Legislature, and so it's hard to say what lawmakers might be willing to do.

First enacted as a temporary measure in 1974, the arbitration provision was routinely renewed without a hitch every years up until 2013, when Cuomo's Executive Budget included Article 7 bill language imposing a 2 percent cap on compensation cost increases resulting from arbitration, including health benefits while excluding annual automatic step and longevity pay increments.

Cuomo said yesterday at a news confernece he won't release bill language until a deal is in place.

The full bill language can be found here.

In one sign of the approaching Democratic rise to power, future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D - California, and incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nevada, succeeded in attaching to the funding bill language stopping a $ 3,300 raise members of Congress were to automatically receive on Jan. 1.

On DFS, Cuomo showed up with bill language at the eleventh hour.

Sources told Capital it's possible bill language would be adjusted so it can be submitted as a transportation - related bill.

One notable example is 32BJ SEIU, the building - service workers union, which played an active role in shaping a package of legislation related to non-unionized fast - food workers, down to the very bill language, according to a Politico New York report.

Multiple sources said there were talks over the weekend about raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, and that there is «progress» in tailoring bill language so it is more palatable to Republicans who control the Senate.

Hudson also welcomed bill language directing NIH to develop an overarching strategic plan — a suggestion that research advocates had criticized in an earlier draft.

Yet the actual bill language referred to «choice» and «schools,» not «students» and «equity.»

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Alexander hopes to finalize bill language and schedule committee consideration by late February.

A coalition that includes the environmental groups Acadia Center, Vote Solar, Environment Connecticut, Citizen's Campaign for the Environment and Connecticut Citizen Action Group, as well as the solar companies Vivint and Sunrun, announced their opposition to the bill in a statement: «We favor smart, simple, and gradual net metering reform for rooftop solar, and not the complex and drastic reforms that exist in the present bill language,» it said in part.

Both the Senate and Assembly adjourned on Wednesday night without coming to a conclusive end to the legislative session and without bill language being printed.

Heastie said his office has received proposed bill language from the governor, and it is currently being reviewed by staffers.

«I will give let me give you a hint, normally when we release bill language before an agreement, it means the probability of that bill passing is very, very low,» the governor said.

... I am hoping the governor can use this proposal as he puts his own proposal into bill language.»

«I will give you a hint: Normally when we release bill language before an agreement that means the probablity of that bill passing is very, very low,» Cuomo said.

Independent Democratic Conference Sen. Diane Savino in a radio interview on Monday called Gov. Andrew Cuomo's concerns over allowing a medical marijuana program inconsistent and complained that proposed bill language from his office hasn't been made available.

In one exchange, a union organizer describes one segment of bill language proposed by city officials as a «nonstarter» — language typically used by the people with the power to pass bills, not those seeking to get them passed.