Sentences with phrase «contentious bill»

The Assembly on Thursday passed an unusually contentious bill that would install a state «monitor» to oversee the district, which is run by a majority of Orthodox Jewish school board members whose constituency attends private yeshivas.

And the Legislature is also set to decide on some other contentious bills, including one to delay the consequences of new state testing tied to the Common Core State Standards.

Naturally, perhaps the critical choice in a contentious bill's history is who goes on that conference committee, since selecting one member over another will ultimately favor one set of provisions or one philosophical approach over another.

Big issues for the year include a contentious bill that would extend the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse, a proposal long opposed by the Catholic Church and other institutions.

By «succeeding» in enacting a contentious Bill every inevitable problem that arises in the NHS in the years ahead will be blamed on it.

She also was the co-author of a contentious bill that would replace traditional health insurance companies with a single government - funded health care plan for everyone in the state.

The contentious bill was last laid before Parliament on March 23 this year before the House went on recess amidst some procedural concerns raised by the minority leader Haruna Iddrisu.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)-- A contentious bill allowing for construction of a new four - lane bridge over the St. Croix River south of Stillwater, Minn., advanced after its first congressional hearing Wednesday, despite environmental groups warning the bill would set...

By refusing to put a contentious bill to a vote, party leaders can kill measures that are outside of their agenda while protecting individual legislators from having to take controversial stances and alienate their constituents.

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