Sentences with phrase «bills come to the floor for a vote»

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.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told reporters at a Log Cabin Republicans event last October that he would recommend to his members that they let the marriage bill come to the floor for a vote and then vote their respective consciences.

But Republicans last year gained full control of the chamber and Klein lost the title, plus the ability to have veto power over which bills come to the floor for a vote.

The bill's sponsor, Bronx Democrat Jeffrey Dinowitz, tells us that if the bill came to the floor for a vote, it would pass.

After reviewing the budget bills, Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action of New York and a co-chair of the Working Families Party, encouraged proponents to keep fighting until the bills come to the floor for a vote, which is expected to happen on Monday.

Under the new Senate rules agreed to this month, Klein is no longer the Senate co-president and lost the power to veto which bills come to the floor for a vote.

And Levi reminded me that Minority Leader Dean Skelos recently told the Log Cabin Republicans he would recommend that the marriage bill come to the floor for another vote if the GOP returns to power in the chamber.

Under that agreement, both Klein and Skelos had to jointly agree on which bills come to the floor for a vote as well be part of the state budget negotiations.

However, with 33 votes on the Republican side of the Senate chamber, Klein's power to decide which bills come to the floor for a vote and when appears unlikely to continue.

Klein said in an interview last week that the coalition arrangement will likely undergo unspecified changes to its current status, which allows the Bronx Democrat to have say over which bills come to the floor for a vote.

It's now expected the IDC will lose the power to determine which bills come to the floor for a vote, as The Daily News» Ken Lovett reported this morning.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein, a Bronx lawmaker, is no longer the co-president of the Senate and has lost the power of being able to veto which bills come to the floor for a vote.

But, Long supports the idea of letting the bill come to the floor for another vote, even though he would vastly prefer to see the whole controversial issue relegated to the back burner where he is convinced it belongs.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said this morning that his GOP conference will discuss for the first time today whether to let the same - sex marriage bill come to the floor for a vote.

They say conference leader, Senator Jeff Klein, an ardent pro choice supporter, should demand that the bill come to the floor for a vote before the session ends.

Once the Senate Republicans gained a full majority, Klein lost the title of co-president and the power to veto which bills come to the floor for a vote.

Its prospects are even dimmer in the Republican - led Senate, where GOP lawmakers historically aligned with the real estate lobby do not let pro-tenant bills come to the floor for a vote.

Because the Republicans control the agenda and what bills come to the floor for a vote, the Senate Democrats have precious few options to try and move legislation.

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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.

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

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.

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.

«Their inaction is beyond shameful, coming on the heels of the arrest of two legislators, the jailing of two more and the resignation of a third — and that's just this year... The IDC's entire reason for being was to bring progressive legislation to the floor, but it never put up its own reform bill for a vote.»

«Plain and simple, if a majority of legislators are sponsoring and supporting a piece of legislation then that bill should be allowed to come to the Floor for a vote.

However, given the reality that the Speaker still controls which bills come to the Floor for a debate and vote, all this provision does is quicken the kill calendar for many bills sponsored by Majority and Minority members.

The marriage bill died the one time it came to the floor for a vote in the Senate, going down 38 - 24.

Rules reform is needed so Democrat - sponsored bills can come to the floor for a vote.

The congressman said the bill, which is expected to come to the House floor for a vote tomorrow, increases the debt by $ 1.5 trillion to provide tax breaks to the wealth.

Under that agreement, Klein and Skelos jointly decide on which bills will come to the floor for a vote.

Today's strategy session on gay marriage hosted at the Capitol by Gov. Andrew Cuomo focused mainly on what to do about the Senate, where the bill came to the floor for a full - house vote just once back in December 2009 and died, 38 - 24.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last October that he thinks the bill should come to the floor for an up - or - down vote, but he has so far shown no sign of moving the measure.

Yet with time running out on the 2014 legislative session, the bill has not come to the floor for a vote.

Overall, 76 members have either signed on as co-sponsors to the bill or said they would vote for it if it came to the floor.

If the Dems take control, both sides, under the proposed deal, would have to approve which bills come to the Senate floor for a vote.

Sen. Stewart Cousins would be wise to recall what she said just three short years ago, when she explained that «the [Reproductive Health Act] hasn't come on the floor because it doesn't have the votes to pass... I think it's really too important to put a bill out there, again, that for whatever reason, fails.»

Senators are starting to head to their conference room on the third floor of the state Capitol because they want to discuss some key bills expected to come up for a vote today — including Sen. John Bonacic's constitutional amendment redistricting measure — but they're pledging to walk out if Kruger shows up.

There's also a bill included from Assemblyman Marc Johns that would allow members to choose one piece of legislation to bypass committee and come to the floor for a vote.

The deal gave both men the power of the Senate presidency, requiring them to jointly decide which bills can come to the floor for a vote.

Senate Republicans plan to meet privately later tonight to discuss whether the bill should come to the floor for a vote in what's most definitely going to be a very lengthy conference meeting.

That does not bode well at all for moving the same - sex marriage bill out onto the floor — the a health care exchange bill is too liberal to come up for a vote, how will gay marriage ever make it?

The duo said the Democrats should let the bill come to the floor even if the Republicans won't relent, noting 225 members voted for the legislation on July 29th and that 218 votes constitute a simple majority.

Speaker Carl Heastie says the measure won't come to the floor for a vote unless there is enough support among Democrats alone to back the bill.

Long is obviously passionately opposed to the legalization of same - sex marriage, but earlier this year, on April 26, he told us on Capital Tonight that the bill should come to the floor for the vote.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will not allow a set of police reform bills to come to the Council floor for a vote, despite overwhelming support from her members, after the speaker and the NYPD reached an administrative compromise on the proposals.

You should also know that in the near future, Senator Dean Skelos will be allowing the Minimum Wage Bill and the so - called Reproductive Health Bill to come to the Senate Floor, knowing that the Democrats will be voting for both, and in the process, bringing legalized late - term abortion to New York State.

Now, Klein and the IDC are in «consultation» with the Senate Republicans on bills, but have no say over which measures come to the floor for a vote.