Sentences with phrase «bill over their opposition»

McCain and Kyl were quick to dishonestly politicize Reid's maneuver, after obstructing passage of the bill over opposition to an Iraq redeployment amendment.

The inclusion prompted fierce criticism from liberal Democrats, who nearly killed the underlying bill over their opposition to that provision, as well as a banking - related rider.

Not exact matches

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Thereâ $ ™ s been bemusement this session by members of the opposition over Bill 1, the Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act, which was introduced by Economic & Trade Minister Deron Bilous...

But opposition to the bill, which passed both the Assembly and Senate, is growing since lawmakers left Albany earlier this summer over concerns that it doesn't do enough to address needs for the physically disabled.

Unions have made noise about challenging Sen. John DeFrancisco, the deputy majority leader, over his vocal opposition to a minimum wage increase, though that could be tempered after all 31 Republicans backed the budget bill containing the hike.

The bill has faced fierce opposition in the notoriously progressive Codes Committee over the last few years.

The bill instating such fees, which exempts food stamp recipients and transparent produce bags, cleared the City Council last week over bitter opposition.

The bill is likely to draw strong opposition from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who vigorously fought, and ultimately lost, a struggle last year over similar wage requirements at a mall that was planned to be built inside the city - owned Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx.

He has also pledged to take a tougher line on opposition to the government's welfare reforms, following a split within the party over its stance not to oppose the welfare bill.

The prevailing - wage proposal was among the last bills to pass both houses, soaring through the Assembly 92 - 48 Thursday night over fierce opposition by the chamber's Republican minority.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, long an MTS supporter, traded barbs with onetime Comptroller Bill Thompson over whether opposition to the plant represented «environmental racism.»

The Suffolk Legislature's Public Safety Committee effectively killed a bill that would have given it oversight over money seized by county law enforcement agencies after opposition surfaced from Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and incoming District Attorney Timothy Sini.

Other factors that contributed to the impasse over the bill included the mayor's reservations about the act and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton's vocal opposition tobill included the mayor's reservations about the act and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton's vocal opposition toBill Bratton's vocal opposition to it.

Kiryas Joel leaders hired Albany's top lobbyists to defeat the bill but I overcame their efforts to pass it - the first time legislation has ever been passed over active opposition from KJ.

The hiring comes as the bill remains stalled in the Republican - controlled Senate amid opposition from scouting organizations and the Catholic Church over the legislation's impact.

The organization showed its staunch opposition in a blog post to a bill the lawmakers announced last month limiting ammunition purchases over a 90 - day period.

Trump is at the Capitol for a pep rally with House Republicans, shortly before the chamber is expected to approve the tax bill over solid Democratic opposition.

But opposition deputy Christine Boutin, who voted against the bill, warned that it would strengthen science's hold over society.

Maryland would have been the first state in the country to take over schools for NCLB restructuring, but Grasmick's efforts met with intense political opposition from Baltimore's mayor and other political leaders, and the state legislature passed a bill blocking the takeover.

Throughout the campaign, the opposition effectively used the label «voucher bill» to win over rural superintendents and school boards.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has brought school funding to the fore of Labour's election campaign by committing to fully fund the Gonski reforms in a package that will cost $ 4.5 billion over school years 2018 and 2019 and a total of $ 37.3 billion a decade.

At first, the Republican - backed bill met opposition, but it gained bipartisan support with compromise: a cap on the max interest rate and a fixed rate over the life of a loan.

Bill would damage credit scores of million of consumers Consumer Action joined the National Consumer Law Center and other organizations in opposition to HR 435 — legislation that would reduce consumers» control over their own data by preempting state and federal privacy protections, damage the credit scores of millions of consumers with a disproportionate impact on African Americans, and conflict with long - standing state utility regulatory consumer protections.

A recent article in the Washington Post mentions a House bill passed over strong industry and Republican opposition that would make the switch to direct government lending.

The legislation itself received opposition from Democrats, but debate over the bill shed light on points of agreement.

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There's a point - by - point breakdown over at CP which is worth reading, but the gist is basically that the Obama administration, the Senate, and (I'd add...) those of us in the green community, can hopefully learn from the opposition to health care reform and develop a new way of framing the climate bill so as to avoid getting bogged down in public shouting matches and disinformation campaigns.

As Senators Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich point out while explaining their opposition to the bill over at Slate, your browser history likely contains a massive amount of personal data.

Many of the cyberbulling provisions are in fact similar to provisions in Bill C - 30 that was introduced in February 2012, but that was withdrawn due to the public opposition over the extent to which ISPs would have been required to hand over customer information.

It comes amid uncertainty over one critical measure — secured funding for the NDIS through a rise in the Medicare levy to 2.5 per cent, with Opposition Bill Shorten saying Labor will limit its support for an increase in the levy to those in the top two tax brackets, despite the urging of leading disability groups to «not compromise the bipartisanship» on full NDIS funding.