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

It has not come to the floor for a vote in that chamber.

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

The measures are expected to come to the floor for a vote in the Assembly in the next month, where it could likely pass.

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.

The Compassionate Care Act, a bill sponsored by the senator and Assemblyman Dick Gottfried, has passed in the Assembly before but has yet to come to the floor for a vote in the senate.

Not exact matches

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Tuesday he remains personally supportive of mixed - martial arts, but said whether it comes to the floor for a vote will be up to the Democratic majority in the chamber.

Advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act have begun running a digital ad campaign that largely targets those living in the district of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has kept the legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» five years in a row and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this bi-partisan legislation to come to the Floor of the Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.»

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,...

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.

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.

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.

In a further development, the medical marijuana legislation has been transferred from the Senate Finance Committee to the Senate Rules Committee, greatly improving the measure's chance of coming to the floor for a vote.

The IDC is in a governing coalition with Senate Republicans, with the agreement that both Senate leaders, Jeff Klein and the GOP's Dean Skelos, must agree on legislation before it comes to the floor for a vote.

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.

Klein said the IDC had served as a «strong, stabilizing force» during its partnership with the Senate Republicans, but the time has come to reassess that relationship in light of the fact that top progressive priorities like the DREAM Act, a statewide public campaign finance system and the Women's Equality Act aren't being allowed to the floor of the Senate for a vote due to the opposition of GOP Leader Dean Skelos.

The DA wondered aloud whether the senator «even knows» the measure is stuck in committee and said she wished he had showed up so she could have had the opportunity to ask him to join her in pushing for it to come to the floor for a vote.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said he plans to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources told the NY Daily News.

But he says he doesn't foresee any scenario in which the public campaign financing part of the legislation would come to the Senate floor for a vote.

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.

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.

If the bills are to be voted on, they would need the permission of the Republicans in the Senate in order to come to the floor for debate.

The lone Senate Republican to address the Planned Parenthood lobbyists, John Bonacic of the Hudson Valley, said he's in favor of the bill, and would vote for it if it came to the floor.

In the months to come, LGBT New Yorkers and our allies will be working in districts across the state to build the support that will allow us to bring these bills to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as possible.&raquIn the months to come, LGBT New Yorkers and our allies will be working in districts across the state to build the support that will allow us to bring these bills to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as possible.&raquin districts across the state to build the support that will allow us to bring these bills to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as possible.»

Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., who opposes same - sex marriage and who «pledged not to support anyone for majority leader who would not promise him - in writing - never to bring the bill that would legalize same - sex marriages to the floor» was asked by reporters, dodged questions about whether he thought same - sex marriage would come to the floor for a vote this year, saying only that he was «satisfied with whatever happens.»

There are majority party sponsors in each house of the legislature for a bill to add greater oversight to the state's economic development contracts, but the measure failed to come to the floor for a vote.

Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.

Even the most routine bills rarely come up for a vote unless a majority of members already have agreed to support them — the Assembly has passed at least 32,000 bills since the last time one was defeated in a floor vote.

After a GOP rules change failed to pass last week, Assemblyman James Tedisco, R - Glenville, detailed legislation that would allow bills with 76 sponsors (or 32 sponsors in the Senate), regardless of party affiliation, to come to the floor for a vote.

«It's an example of legislation supported in a bipartisan fashion stymied by the Republicans who would not allow it to come to the floor for a vote,» Kennedy said.

Ms. Quinn long kept the original version of paid sick legislation from coming to the floor for a vote, and eventually voted in favor of a compromise bill the current City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio promptly expanded on taking office.

The Bayside senator, who did not have a sponsor in the Assembly for his bill, said Gianaris» bill would not come to the floor for a vote.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said that he plans next week to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources said Tuesday.

Two bills that would give outside religious groups the right to meet in public schools have been introduced in the Congress, but neither has yet come to the floor for a vote.

But when the bill came up for a vote in September, all Senate Republicans blocked it from coming to the floor.

Should similar legislation be introduced in the Senate and come to the floor for a vote, I will be sure to keep your views in mind.

Please know that I will vote for this bill should it come to the House floor in its present form.

«This is the first time that language supporting hemp has come to the floor of the House or Senate for a vote since the Controlled Substances Act was passed in 1970,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hvote since the Controlled Substances Act was passed in 1970,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote HVote Hemp.

But the SCRA surely would not get 70 votes in Prez Trump were to come out vocally against it, and Senator McConnell surely will not bring it up for a floor vote if he knows doing so would be against the wishes of Prez Trump.

Despite its success in getting small - business health plan legislation to the Senate floor last year, where it just missed coming up for an up or down vote, NAR faces a different environment for health plan reform.