Sentences with phrase «changes in the house bill»

Other changes in the House bill are directed at businesses, including a further rate reduction for certain qualified «pass - through» firms that send their earnings to their owners to be taxed as individual income.

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The SBA rule change requires congressional approval, but there's a bill in the House that would do just that.

House and Senate negotiators agreed to a number of changes in the bill, most notably lowering the top income tax rate for individuals to 37 percent from its current level of 39.6 percent.

In the House, the trade - offs took on new urgency after Congress's nonpartisan tax accountant found that changes made to the bill since its introduction mean it would add $ 1.57 trillion to the deficit over a decade.

Directing emergency funds to areas hit by natural disasters had traditionally been quick bipartisan exercises, but that changed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — when the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, pushed spending cuts to compensate for the approximately $ 200 billion expected in Katrina relief — including cutting farm subsidies, Amtrak funding and postponing the Medicare prescription - drug bill Republicans had approved two years earlier.

The fate of health care reform in the Senate is uncertain, with members of both parties saying major changes need to be made to the House version of the bill before the Senate can vote.

Thereafter, the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee amended the bill changing the language of the exemption to exclude «persons who engage in the business of selling or issuing payment instruments or stored value solely in the form of convertible virtual currency; or receive convertible virtual currency for transmission to another location» from the licensing requirement.

In response to the rule change, Rep. Bill Dunn confronted the decision in an amendment he proposed to the Tennessee House of Representatives Education CommitteIn response to the rule change, Rep. Bill Dunn confronted the decision in an amendment he proposed to the Tennessee House of Representatives Education Committein an amendment he proposed to the Tennessee House of Representatives Education Committee.

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

That might change, as several bills have popped up in the US House of Representatives this year, aimed both at expediting the process for religious groups threatened by ISIS and at beefing up the screening of anyone from Iraq or Syria.

When Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D - Fla., asked House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Robert Aderholt, R - Ala., during the markup whether the majority intended to change the nutrition standards permanently, Aderholt said, «Not in this bill.»

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agricultbill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agricultBill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

House Republicans continued to apply their scrutiny on child nutrition programs in a hearing Wednesday but gave no hint of a potential timeline for getting a bill out to change the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act as the law is set to expire Sept. 30...

«The House of Representatives has already gone far in this regard with a Bill for the Establishment of an agency dealing exclusively with climate change issues,» Dogara said.

gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider further amendments (proposals for change) to a Bill which has been examined in committee... Report stage is normally followed immediately by debate on the Bill's third reading.

The 1199 campaign in particular is highlighting the House bill that would have made changes to the Medicaid program and potentially trigger deep cuts.

The practise of having one bill that deals with all tax changes began in 1860 to prevent the House of Lords rejecting draft legislation.

The government's controversial health and social care bill came under even more scrutiny today as Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords requested sweeping changes to the legislation.

«If the government's proposed planning and housing bill follows the pre-election Conservative proposals, we are in for massive and far - reaching changes to how development is carried out.

The final package is likely to include a bill allowing ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City, funding for a task force to address hate crimes, an agreement to distribute roughly $ 1 billion in housing money and some changes to oversight of state procurement.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio saw his relationship with Cuomo and legislators strained, but won much of the change he sought to 421 - a in order to incentivize affordable housing construction.

When the City Council passed sweeping changes to the city's zoning code in March, it was heralded as a major victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan.

President Obama has chosen former journalist Jay Carney to replace press secretary Robert Gibbs, a longtime loyalist, when he leaves the post in mid-February — one of a number of staff changes announced today by White House chief of staff Bill Daley.

A bipartisan bill in both houses of the state legislature aims to change that.

We have increased our investment in measures to improve the energy efficiency of Scotland's homes which, in addition to making fuel bills cheaper, has also helped to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from housing, consistent with our ambitions to combat climate change.

Discussions of the Education Bill in the House of Lords became heated last night as prominent children's rights advocates slammed the Christian Institute for spreading «misinformation» and «wicked insinuations» about amendments relating to inspecting well - being in schools insinuating that proposed changes «would force schools to teach five year - olds about sex».

«It was one of our primary goals, particularly in this house, to make sure we left the integrity of that system intact and there is no change for New York City in this bill,» Cahill said.

The claim in the video is that this specific rule change was created with the intent of preventing a vote in the house on a «clean Continuing Resolution» bill from the Senate.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has a high - powered ally in his opposition to a proposal from Cuomo to change how the city receives tax - exempt housing bonds: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

A reporter noted that the Assembly has already passed the governor's bill (the fourth time the legalization of same - sex marriage has been approved in the Democrat - dominated house) and any changes would require the house to go back a a fifth time (so would the passage by the Senate of a bill in extraordinary session, if the governor calls one to deal with the ongoing rent laws logjam)

Conservatives in the House and Senate remain skeptical that the bill makes sufficient changes to the Democratic health care bill they have spent six years campaigning against.

We write today to urge you to use your one house budget bills to either substantially improve or reject two proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Law contained in Governor Cuomo's Article VII budget bills.

ALBANY A controversial executive budget proposal that would change how state - owned land is taxed in the Adirondack Park has been stripped from the state Assembly and Senate one - house budget bills released last week.

A 30 percent cut in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 is a big number — less than environmental groups want but far more than the president can get via Congress, where climate change skeptics rule the House and the Democratic Senate so far avoiding bringing a climate change bill to the floor during Obama's presidency.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio took a victory lap this week after winning important changes to zoning laws, but whether affordable housing will boom in the city may depend on factors beyond his control, including the actions of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

This is the culmination of a long campaign, which has sought to see the law changed through amendments proposed in the House of Lords, and most recently through Mark Williams» Child Maltreatment Bill

Collins, R - Clarence, sponsored the amendment calling for the tax change in the House version of the health bill, along with Rep. John Faso, R - Kinderhook.

Washington (CNN)-- The Democratic lawmaker taking the lead in crafting the Senate's financial regulatory reform bill has agreed to a key change that would limit taxpayers» exposure if the government must step in to wind down a large, failing financial institution, a key House Democrat said Thursday.

Malloy's budget director, Ben Barnes, said that the legal language in the budget bill could cost the state as much as $ 1 billion over two years, but legislators in the House and Senate did not make any changes.

In a move that could cause major tension in the House, the Senate bill also would prohibit Americans from deducting certain state and local taxes from their federal bills, a change that could raise taxes overall for Americans in high - tax states such as New York, New Jersey, California, Oregon and IllinoiIn a move that could cause major tension in the House, the Senate bill also would prohibit Americans from deducting certain state and local taxes from their federal bills, a change that could raise taxes overall for Americans in high - tax states such as New York, New Jersey, California, Oregon and Illinoiin the House, the Senate bill also would prohibit Americans from deducting certain state and local taxes from their federal bills, a change that could raise taxes overall for Americans in high - tax states such as New York, New Jersey, California, Oregon and Illinoiin high - tax states such as New York, New Jersey, California, Oregon and Illinois.

The bill's sponsors have been offering changes in order to round up support for the plan from members of the House in swing districts like Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro).

Katko, R - Camillus, also voted for the House version of the tax overhaul bill, but has been trying to persuade GOP leaders to make changes in conference committee negotiations with members of the Senate.

Tenney, after initial reluctance to support the measure, said she changed her mind after fellow Upstate GOP Reps. Chris Collins, of the Buffalo area, and John Faso, of the Hudson Valley, succeeded in convincing House Speaker Paul Ryan to include a New York - specific amendment in the bill.

Progressive Change Campaign Committee Co-founder Adam Green was reacting to a statement by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the issue of a public option in a health care bill.

Two Democratic state senators recently proposed a bill that would change how affordability in housing projects is calculated.

The building project is the first individual project built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial Mandatory Inclusionary Housing rezoning, which promised to change zoning rules in some neighborhoods to make way for more affordable units.

On Tuesday, Florida GOP Reps. Carlos CurbeloCarlos Luis CurbeloAnti - Maduro Venezuelans not unlike anti-Castro Cubans of yore Farm bill revolt could fuel Dreamer push Three Republicans join climate change caucus MORE and Ileana Ros - LehtinenIleana Carmen Ros - LehtinenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or be fired.

As part of the last - minute scramble to ensure the 216 votes needed to pass the measure in a vote planned for Thursday, New York Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso brokered a change to transfer more of the burden of caring for Medicaid beneficiaries from counties to the state of New York — a move that could ensure that the majority of Republicans in New York's nine - member GOP House delegation ultimately back the bill.

As House leaders struggled to negotiate with holdouts in the hopes of rescheduling the vote, Mr. Trump sent senior officials to the Capitol with a blunt message: He would agree to no additional changes, and Republicans must either support the bill or resign themselves to leaving President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement in place.

The Assembly member — who said he is interested in seeing the elimination of backdoor borrowing and term limits enacted in both houses, among other changes — has spent the last five years campaigning with Con Con advocates like SUNY New Paltz professor Gerald Benjamin and government reform activist Bill Samuels, participating in countless town halls and panel discussions to help get the word out.