Sentences with phrase «bill was closer to reality»

He was the first Republican in office ever to say so openly, and with the force of freshman Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his aides, the marriage bill was closer to reality than it had been since a failed vote in 2009.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat like Cuomo, has said calls to close Rikers are «noble» but possibly impractical given financial and logistical realities.

Fees are accounted for in a way as close to reality as possible (billed in advance quarterly).

And while the thought of a statewide ban might sound too good to be true, a bill recently introduced in California is close to making that dream a reality.

And though the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate, where the Democrats still maintain a majority, it's a foreboding sign that the pipeline is inching closer to reality.

That dream may be closer to a reality than you think, especially based on the new bill being signed into law today by California Governor Jerry Brown.