Sentences with phrase «called omnibus bill»

If Congress can not pass separate appropriations bills, it could instead roll all spending into one package, called an omnibus bill.

The so - called omnibus bill abandons many of the most controversial provisions lawmakers were trying to include in the must - pass bill — which had painfully stalled the bill's release for days.

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Business Groups Call for Passage of Miscellaneous Tariff Bill The U.S. Chamber of Commerce joined the National Association of Manufacturers and more than 200 other associations and businesses to send a letter to both chambers of Congress urging that the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill of 2018 (MTB) be included in the upcoming omnibus spending package.

The first, and most ideal, is to just pass a big bipartisan spending bill — called the «omnibus» — that funds the government.

To fund the federal government and avoid a government shutdown, while also specially carving out funding for the Department of Homeland Security, * this week Congress is on track to pass the so - called «CRomnibus» — a combination of a continuing resolution and an omnibus spending bill.

Interestingly, Paladino is on the same page here with the NY Times editorial board, which also called recently for Cuomo to introduce an omnibus ethics bill sometime during his first week in office.

In reality, the money was approved last week as part of an omnibus bill the legislature passed after the governor called members back for an extraordinary session.

Reps. Maloney and Nydia Velazquez, who were both at the press conference Monday, said they are calling for Congress to include a permanent extension of Zadroga in the omnibus House spending bill that must be passed by December 11 this year.

The final night of voting included some mini-drama — Democrats from Westchester fought for a sales tax increase in Yonkers as well as new hotel levies, and chamber leaders took the rare step of calling off a bill during voting because it lacked support — but was mostly spent approving an omnibus bill for outstanding housing and education issues.

Lobbyists and lawmakers expect major issues to be combined into an omnibus bill called a «big ugly» to be voted on before legislators break for the year next week.

The similarly contentious property - tax - cap and rent - regulation omnibus bill, which many are calling «the big ugly,» has yet to be printed, so it should be another long day.

The Senate finished debating the SUNY 2020 bill and are now taking up the so - called «big ugly» omnibus measure, which includes a 2 percent property tax cap, mandate relief and a long - term rent control extension for New York City.

Some members of Congress are pushing an omnibus ocean protection bill called Oceans - 21, which aims to regulate fisheries, establish a network of protected areas, provide an oceans management framework to rescue coasts and off - shore areas, and help ocean life survive global warming.

They likely will be combined into a single package called an Omnibus Appropriations bill for consideration by both chambers.

EII's John Muir Project urges you to call Democrat Party leaders — Senator Chuck Schumer (202 224-6542) and Representative Nancy Pelosi (202 225-4965)-- and your local senators today and tell them to strip this provision from the Omnibus Bill or to vote against this bill in its entirBill or to vote against this bill in its entirbill in its entirety.

The sentence imposed stemmed from the so - called «omnibus crime bill» brought in by the Stephen Harper government in 2012.

Tucked away on one of the 2,232 pages of the omnibus spending bill Congress sent to President Donald Trump's desk early Friday morning is a provision to ban federal funding for a group called the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.

Judge Jeanine called the omnibus spending bill a «total betrayal» by Republicans of President Trump «and those who elected him.»

To prevent this omnibus situation from ever happening again, I'm calling on Congress to give me a line - item veto for all govt spending bills!

In a series of enormously popular posts on social media, liberty - minded Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky dissected what he called the «sad excuse» for legislation more commonly known as the omnibus spending bill.

During her Saturday opening statement for Fox News Channel's «Justice,» Jeanine Pirro reacted to Congress» $ 1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, calling it a «total betrayal» of President Donald...