Sentences with phrase «debate on a budget bill»

During a lengthy debate on a budget bill, state Rep. Russ Jennings offered what at first appeared to be just another in a series of amendments.

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Sen. Rand Paul is holding up a vote on the Senate budget deal, demanding more debate on the bill which will add $ 1.5 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.

One highly - placed Democrat said it's possible budget bills could start being printed as early as Saturday, which would allow legislators to start debating and voting on these measures when they return to the Capitol next Monday.

A massive spending bill to provide money for five Cabinet departments for the upcoming budget year is about to hit the Senate floor, giving senators a rare opportunity for open debate on legislation of any kind.

Leading the debate on the bill, Ali Ndume, senate leader, implored the committee on appropriations to investigate how the funds in the budget would be spent.

The budget had passed second reading at the senate without a debate on November 24, when Senate President Bukola Saraki referred the bill to the committee for further legislative treatment.

After two months of debate over new requirements governing elected officials» disclosure of their outside income, the budget bill introduced today will require lawmakers serving in occupations such as law or consulting to identify some of their clients, but only those whom they take on new business for after Dec. 31, 2015.

4 am & we're being forced to debate & vote on a 702 - page Operations Budget Bill spending $ 45B.

Questions - EU nationals» access to UK benefits, BBC licence fee, hydration in hospitals, landlord and tenant legislation Legislation - health and social care bill Short debate - impact of budget cuts on the work of secure children's homes in reducing children's reoffending rates

State Rep. Christine Sinicki, D - Milwaukee, and other Assembly Democrats approach the front of the chamber in outrage as their Republican counterparts cut off debate and voted on the budget repair bill in session at the state Capitol in Madison early Friday morning.

The bill, which is likely to become a flash point in the debate over the federal debt, would raise $ 40 billion worth in additional revenue, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation.

Democratic and Republican leaders on Monday said they're not quite sure how many — or what types — of amendments will be offered when the state Assembly debates the budget bill.

Friday could see the final budget bills printed, debated, and voted on, but the situation remained fluid mid-day Friday.

Debate in both houses of the state Legislature stretched from afternoon into evening, with the Assembly adjourning around 9 and the Senate around 10 p.m.. Both will be back to finish voting on budget bills Tuesday morning - legslation that members mostly have not had a chance to read.

The calving was barely noticed on Capitol Hill, which is distracted by a bitter health care debate, federal budget bills, and the controversy surrounding President Trump and Russia.

In the shadow of a debate on how to close California's yawning budget gap, a group of lawmakers has introduced 10 bills that would restructure just about every aspect of the state education system.

NAESP Expresses Concerns with House Education Funding Bill, Urges an Open Debate of Expected Budget Cuts On July 29, 2013 NAESP and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) expressed concern with the Fiscal Year 2014 Labor - Health & Human Services - Education appropriations bill in a formal letter to the House LHHS Appropriations SubcommitBill, Urges an Open Debate of Expected Budget Cuts On July 29, 2013 NAESP and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) expressed concern with the Fiscal Year 2014 Labor - Health & Human Services - Education appropriations bill in a formal letter to the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommitbill in a formal letter to the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee.

With the legislative session scheduled to end on March 18, lawmakers last week were debating a new fiscal 1990 budget, after Gov. Garry Carruthers vetoed an appropriations bill.

Fiscal 1993 Budget / Budget Rules HR 3732 The House last week began debate on a bill to allow funding transfers from defense to domestic programs.

Lawmakers late Tuesday canceled planned debate in the Assembly on the state budget bill after delays in drafting amendments, but not before removing a plan to cut $ 37 million in federal money for the UW System for a statewide Internet provider.

Better known by its catchy acronym, the Cloud Act, the law was tacked on to the 2,232 - page, US$ 1.3 - trillion omnibus budget bill one day ahead of its vote and was signed into law by President Donald Trump without the benefit of the usual congressional scrutiny, hearings or significant public debate.

While Bill 148 Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (S.O. 2017 c. 22)-- including mandated minimum wage increases January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019 — received Royal Assent November 27, second reading debate continued on Bill 177 Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures).