Sentences with phrase «controversial package of bills»

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On certain occasions, where less controversial bills have been passed into law, a package of the remaining appropriations bills will be bundled to finish funding work, and this package is known colloquially as a «minibus.»

The bill is one - half of a controversial package of police reforms jointly known as the Right to Know Act, which Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander first proposed during the Bloomberg administration, and which Torres and Brooklyn Councilman Antonio Reynoso re-upped in 2014.

Cuomo argued the party was necessary to show political leaders in the Legislature that they should pass the Women's Equality Agenda, a 10 - bill package of legislation that included a controversial plank codifying abortion in the state's health law.

Mark - Viverito made the declaration at City Hall today, while pushing back on questions from reporters about a package of controversial police reform bills that have gotten bottled up in committee.

The bill was part of a controversial legislative package proposed by then - State Senator Abel Maldonado, R - Santa Maria, who traded his support for a tax increase in exchange for putting the Top Two primary on the ballot.