Sentences with phrase «controversial gun bill»
In order to avoid voting on a controversial gun bill during an election year — a move that no doubt would have further enraged their conservative allies who were still smarting over passage of the SAFE Act - the Senate Republicans moved the bill from the Codes Committee to the Rules Committee, which is controlled with an iron fist by the leadership.
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The SAFE Act, or Safe Ammunitions and Firearms Enforcement Act, is the controversial gun control bill Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law nearly two years ago.
The bill will also make some non-profits identify large donors, a move the New York Civil Liberties Union worries will discourage people from donating to groups involved in controversial advocacy, such as Planned Parenthood or gun rights groups.
Given the fact that New York was the first state in the nation to pass a gun control bill (the controversial SAFE Act) in the wake of the Newtown massacre and is headed by a Democratic governor who is also mentioned as a possible 2016 candidate, I imagine Cruz will have plenty to talk about.
A controversial bill to loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers won't be reaching the House floor anytime soon following the Vegas massacre.
But the issue of whether messages of necessity should be used to waive the three - day aging process on controversial and complex bills remains a potent one, especially after the gun control law was approved.
Rep. Chris Collins (R - Clarence) is introducing a bill that aims to take down Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial gun control legislation, known as the SAFE Act.
«Miss Sloane» centers on the lobbyist's efforts, along with her small band of young associates, to garner enough support in the Senate to get a controversial gun registration bill passed.
I drove to a gun buyback on Saturday in St. Roch organized as a Prospect satellite event by Kirsha Kaechele, a controversial figure in this city, who championed the New Orleans arts scene directly after Katrina by buying houses around the Bywater district and using them for art installations, only to retreat to Tasmania, «leaving thousands in unpaid property tax bills and liens behind,» in the words of the Times - Picayune.
Senate Bill 7026, dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» would toughen gun control in several ways — but also includes a controversial provision that would allow some teachers to be armed.