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

The current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has said that bills will not come to the floor for a vote unless a majority of Democrats agree, even if numerically, counting Republican support, there are enough votes for it to pass.

Speaker Carl Heastie says the measure won't come to the floor for a vote unless there is enough support among Democrats alone to back the bill.

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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.