Sentences with phrase «chance of passage in»

While none of the bills have a chance of passage in 2016 in the face of GOP denialism, they are a signifier of progress and a base to build on.

The proposal, called the Lugar Practical Energy and Climate Plan, has little chance of passage in the Democratic - dominated Senate.

Perhaps the most important feature of such a program is one that has any chance of passage in the current house, senate, and executive branches.

The White House has announced that the President would sign the omnibus into law should it be adopted, though again, it stands virtually no chance of passage in the Senate, where appropriators have written appropriations bills to different overall funding levels.

The final party - line vote — 32 to 28 — arrived after the sun had set on a dizzying day of last - minute negotiations, one - house bills that have almost no chance of passage in the Assembly, and frenzied efforts to round up two Democratic senators who spent much of the day missing in action.

, a longtime co-chairman of the House Progressive Caucus, said the Conyers - backed bills — which had no chance of passage in this Congress — would be adopted by other members.

«I think it has an excellent chance of passage in the next Council,» said Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera.

But while the USA Freedom Act has support from both parties, it also faces bipartisan opposition, so the chances of passage in either the House or the Senate remain unclear.

Its chances of passage in the Assembly seemed dim Thursday afternoon.

Not exact matches

«In this case, he's proposed substantial cuts that have no chance of passage by the Democrats.»

There are passages in the Qur» an which suggest that those who fall away will not be given another chance, but then the Epistle to the Hebrews warns that «It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace» (Hebrews 6, 4 - 6).

The critical passage in Darwin's letter to Asa Gray is the following: «I can not think that the world... is the result of chance; and yet I can not look at each separate thing as the result of Design... I am, and shall ever remain, in a hopeless muddle» (Darwin F. 1888 Vol.

A top four place now looks highly unlikely for Arsenal, while they must overcome AC Milan in the Europa League to have any chance of going on to win the competition that could seal their passage into the Champions League for next season.

But just in case you haven't had a chance to read The Open - Hearted Way To Open Adoption yet, here's a cheat sheet of some of the key passages about navigating an open adoption relationship.

The eleventh - hour attempt by Republicans in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act once seemed like the longest of long shots, but now appears to have a chance — albeit slim — at passage, even though it has been deemed the most «radical» of all the Obamacare reform efforts the GOP has debated thus far.

Nolan's bill passed the Education Committee today and is being fast tracked for passage in the Assembly despite the fact that it currently has no chance of becoming law.

Cuomo says he's not ruling out waiting an extra year to hold the vote, in order to improve its chances of passage.

So, for example, when rent control came up for renewal in 2011, the Assembly passed a bill expanding tenant protections, even though the companion bill in the Republican - controlled Senate had little chance of passage since it was sponsored by a Democrat.

The chances of any measure for IE reform passing in the final days appears to be slim, however, as lawmakers are yet to come to an agreement on matters generally considered to be lower - hanging fruit, such as the first passage of a constitutional amendment to require the forfeiting of pension benefits from public officials convicted of corruption.

State legislators from both parties were alarmed the greatest change in decades to New York's Medicaid program was being proposed and stood a chance of passage.

The chamber's mainstream Democrats say progressive priorities like campaign finance reform and the Dream Act would stand a better chance of passage if they, in coalition with the IDC and wayward Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn — who sits in the GOP conference — held the majority.

But in recent days, as his administration has been responding to subpoenas from the federal probe, he's downplayed the chances of winning passage of the legislation.

In March, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic House leadership scrambled to find the votes necessary to ensure the passage of the health care bill, one of the most important parts of the political calculus was which of the most vulnerable Democrats would be allowed to cast their votes against the legislation, thereby increasing their chances of reelection in 201In March, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic House leadership scrambled to find the votes necessary to ensure the passage of the health care bill, one of the most important parts of the political calculus was which of the most vulnerable Democrats would be allowed to cast their votes against the legislation, thereby increasing their chances of reelection in 201in 2010.

Hartford radio program on Wednesday, the governor said his administration crafted the budget with passage of the Second Chance bill in mind.

In the final days of this spring's legislative session, he told this newspaper he hoped to see action on the SOCE legislation, which he believed had a stronger chance of passage than GENDA, but his later laying the failure of that happening at the Republicans» feet sidesteps the central critique Liu makes of his record.

She will also continue advocating for passage of the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, to ensure that small businesses have a greater chance of settling with landlords to stay in their locations.

Cuomo listed public campaign finance reform as a goal in his election campaign, and mentioned it in his State of the State message, but recently cast doubt on the bill's chances for passage this year, saying that in an election year, there's not a «tremendous appetite» for it.

With 14 days remaining in the legislative session counting Tuesday, the bill's chances of passage would seem to be low.

A lecturer in physical geography, and co-director of the Happisburgh project (http://www.ahobproject.org/), Dr Lewis added that the chance of encountering footprints such as this was extremely rare; they survived environmental change and the passage of time.

Different bills linger in the House of Representatives and Senate with little chance of passage while the EPA plods forward with regulations to cut CO2 emissions.

The fold - out booklet contains «The Conditional Mood,» a nice, thorough essay by critic Dennis Lim that considers the film in terms of Kieslowski's oeuvre as well as Polish political history, plus «Chance or Fate,» the surprisingly brief passage from Danusia Stok's 1993 book Kieslowski on Kieslowski in which the director describes the picture in his own words.

(Its carefully wrought wording should help its chances of passage: «Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow the state to intervene in chronically failing public schools in order to improve student performance?»)

CSDC Board Vice Chair and former Minnesota State Senator, Ember Reichgott Junge chronicled the history of the origins of chartering from 1988 through 1992 in her book: Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story.

Members of that original group included the late Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers, Sy Fliefel, director of alternative education for NYC's Community School District 4, Ted Kolderie, Center for Policy Design and Education Evolving, Elaine Salinas, current President & CPO MIGIZI Communications, Joe Nathan, Director Center for School Change, and Ember Reichgott Junge, former Minnesota State Senator, and author of Minnesota's 1991 first - in - the nation charter school law and the memoir Zero Chance of Passage.

Getting any kind of union reform bill through the legislature in Sacramento, especially one that would interrupt the union's gravy train, let alone derail it, has little chance of passage.

In honor of the 20th anniversary of chartering, Reichgott Junge wrote Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story, a candid memoir of her challenging journey of pioneering the first charter school law from idea to national movement.

(Hanover, MD, April 25, 2012) Veteran Education Week reporter Sean Cavanagh discusses CSDC Board Vice-Chair Ember Reichgott Junge's new book, «Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story,» in his April 19th blog post.

A child who knows about hiking in the Appalachians will have a better chance of getting the passage right; a child who doesn't, won't.

As someone who taught AP for years, we were always in the game of «figuring out the test» in order to give our students the best chance at passage.

The proposal has support from the Democratic leader of the state Assembly and Republicans in the GOP - led Senate, a key to its chances of passage.

But as your editor has noted, the budget does deserve some attention, and not because it has a snowball's chance in Hades of passage.

State Still Has a Role in Supporting and Holding Districts Accountable With the passage of Proposition 30 and almost nine out of 10 local ballot measures last November, the voters of California gave our schools an almost unprecedented chance to begin rebuilding after years of budget cuts.

Junge traces this history in Zero Chance of Passage, her first - person account of legislating charter schools, published in 2012.

«To know Kolderie is to know someone of extraordinary vision, who often thinks light - years ahead, but still gently prods others along to where he wants them to go,» wrote Junge in Zero Chance of Passage.

Public Works Financing thinks «chances of passage are better than in previous attempts because a broad coalition has been organized to support the bill against attacks from P3's nemesis, the Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG).

My publicist was responsive and creative in identifying new messages and strategies to enhance public understanding of public charter schools and visibility for my first book, Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story.We had numerous print and radio opportunities around the country, including publications and social media sites I would not have discovered on my own.

Last chance to check out In the Land of Magnanthia (Portals, Passages & Pathways Book 1) by B. R. Maul.

It stood little chance of passage by the U.S. Senate in any event, where members friendly to western ranchers chair all the key committees it would have to clear.»

The weeklong cruise explores the outer islands of the Inside Passage with a chance to venture inside El Capitan Cave, one of the largest mapped caves in the Americas, on Prince of Wales Island.

You can get first hand knowledge on Balinese culture and have a chance to submerge in Balinese way of life where the passage of time is marked by the series of ceremonies.