Sentences with phrase «bill stalled»

Ever since a climate bill stalled in the Senate four years ago, environmental and public health activists have been pressing Obama to use his executive authority to impose carbon limits on the power sector, which accounts for 38 percent of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions.

Now — after a year in which a climate - change summit in Copenhagen fell short of most expectations, and with a climate bill stalled in the U.S. Senate — the EPA might shoulder more of the burden for an administration with historic environmental ambitions.

An update on general rate case filings, plus a solar bill stalled in South Carolina, an emissions trading proposal in Virginia, and EV legislation in Illinois.

She watched with growing frustration as the bill stalled in committee, with six senators refusing to even cast a vote.

In true RiffTrax fashion while Mike posed in front of photographers, Kevin and Bill stalled off to the side to riff on his technique before all heading over for a hilarious chat about what they do:

That was after efforts on Capitol Hill to enact a carbon cap - and - trade bill stalled that would have also dealt with HFCs.

With a federal climate bill stalled on Capitol Hill indefinitely, companies wanting to invest in projects are in limbo, panelists said yesterday.

ALBANY — An ethics bill stalled by a nasty power struggle in New York's Senate this summer is now threatened because a Democrat whose father has died will likely miss Thursday's vote.

The collective bargaining bill stalled in the Wisconsin Legislature can modify state statutes, said Madison attorney Lester A. Pines, but lawsuits could pop up over whether abolition of bargaining rights supersedes the ability of union employers to withhold dues under existing contracts.

At the end of this year's regular session, the ride - sharing bill stalled after minimum insurance rates for drivers were increased.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said that because Suffolk County has not addressed the matter in a meaningful way, and since a sweeping water quality bill stalled in the Legislature last year, funding from Albany is needed to give local municipalities more power to introduce modern septic systems to their own towns.

The bill stalled this past week in the Democratic - led Assembly, a baffling situation even by Albany political standards given the nature of the measure.

After negative publicity, Bustos dropped her sponsorship, and the bill stalled.

The bill stalled in the Senate Thursday night when one of the opponents, Sen. Rand Paul, refused to allow a speedy vote.

Schmidt was eager to vent his frustrations about the immigration bill stalling on Capitol Hill.

There are two bills stalled in Albany that address this issue.

At the same time, Flanagan insisted that «fundamentally nothing changed» in the space of time between the bill stalling in the Senate and ultimately passing on Thursday night unanimously.

Rice attacked Schneiderman for letting a bill stall to criminalize Internet «luring» of children by sexual predators, saying «I particularly wish he were here to answer this question.

Almost no other bills stalled in the committee have the support of the majority of Council members, and all but two have fewer than 20 co-sponsors.

Still, with climate change proceeding apace, a climate bill stalling in the Senate, and international negotiators nervously looking to Washington in the run - up to the Copenhagen talks this December, there aren't many options left.

And it would apply to proposed subsidies for FirstEnergy's nuclear plants under a bill introduced in October after earlier «zero - emission nuclear» bills stalled.

Still, with climate change proceeding apace, a climate bill stalling in the Senate, and international negotiators nervously looking to Washington in the run - up to the Copenhagen talks this December, there aren't many options left.

Not exact matches

Other bills introduced in the House to achieve similar outcomes have also stalled.

Two federal bills introduced last year, which would create a grant program to help states introduce or improve review committees, remain stalled in committee.

In 2016, Peña Nieto backed a bill to allow Mexicans to carry an ounce of the drug, but the measure stalled in Congress.

Three bills introduced last year — the Secure Elections Act, the PAPER Act, and the SAVE Act — are currently stalled in Congress.

A proposed EB - 6 «startup visa» — a component of the bill that passed in the Senate but stalled in the House — would offer a path to permanent citizenship tailored to entrepreneurs, allocating up to 10,000 visas annually to foreign - born founders whose companies raise at least $ 500,000 from qualified investors and create at least five full - time U.S. jobs.

The bill is stalled in committee.

The bill passed the state senate, but stalled in the house.

The Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill early Saturday in a massive win for the party and President Donald Trump, who has seen many of his agenda items stall in the legislature during his first year in office.

One bill that would create a felony penalty for lying on a WEDC application has passed the Assembly but is stalled in the Senate and unlikely to be passed.

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A bill to cut the U.S. territory's $ 70 bln debt stalled amid fierce lobbying by bondholders that insist on full repayment.

The GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare has stalled ever since leaders scrapped a planned floor vote in late March.

Again, the Clinton parallel is instructive: «The whole strategy during the first few years of the Jones case, as far as Bill Clinton was concerned, was to try to keep the case stalled until after the reelection campaign,» Marcus said.

The House unanimously approved the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act in January, but the measure has stalled in the Senate.

Alberta Senator Doug Black on Wednesday March 28 moved a second reading of the bill he introduced in February (2018) in a bid to have Ottawa declare that Kinder Morgan Canada's [KML - TSX] stalled Trans Mountain pipeline is in Canada's national interest.

They hoped to persuade political leaders, particularly House Speaker John Boehner, to move on the now stalled comprehensive immigration reform bill that passed with bi-partisan support nearly six months ago.

Childhood obesity is on the rise, lunch is an important part of a child's daily nutrition, and National School Lunch Week is October 11 - 15, yet First Lady Michelle Obama's child nutrition bill has stalled in Congress leaving school lunches underfunded and missing the mark on good nourishment.

Efforts to move the bill have been stalled in Congress for months, due in part to splits among the advocates over how the Healthy and Hunger - Free Kids Act should be paid for.

(The bills are currently stalled and it is unclear what the process will be moving forward.).

The Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill that stalled last month still has a chance, according to White House Assistant Chef Sam Kass.

Now, of course, the food stamp program may lose significant funding if Congress continues to look to SNAP dollars to fund the stalled child nutrition bill (the CNA), which covers school food, as well as WIC and other federal food programs.

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.

The bill passed the Assembly earlier this week with bipartisan support, but then stalled in the Senate.

GENA, as the bill is known, has stalled in the chamber over the last several years.

The vote, which took place as the Commons debates Lords amendments to the electoral registration and administration bill, will deepen already intense bitterness on the government backbenches over the coalition's stalled constitutional reform agenda.

Cuomo, however, is highly unlikely to strike the measure down, which was approved last month in the Democratic - led Assembly after the bill had stalled in the chamber for years.

The women's coalition was formed last year as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the Women's Equality Agenda, which has stalled in the Legislature and is now becoming a key campaign issue with the formation of a new ballot line with the focus of passing the package of bills.

The measure includes tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants, a bill that has stalled in the Legislature, but has been pushed over the years by Democratic legislators.