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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.