Sentences with phrase «debates on the floor of»

What they expect from me as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is that every bill, every motion and every debate on the floor of the house must be looked at within the prism of what is in the best interest of the Urhobo and Delta Central people.

This is manifested by the quality of debates on the floor of the house», he observed.

The opposition laid out their politically brilliant strategy last month: backing the principle of reform, but insisting that it requires extensive debate on the floor of parliament.

He disclosed that this has had a toll on the quality of debates on the floor of the house because most of them are not well trained to have been elected to the house because they lack the quality as required to make meaningful impacts in terms of contributions.

It is understood that his approach to and understanding of issues, superior contribution to debates on the floor of Parliament and ability to proffer alternative policies in the year made him stand out among his peers.

«It is a rare privilege and honour for me to open this, the first of the Backbench Business Committee debates on the Floor of the House.

Debates on the floor of the House of Commons do not generally win a mass audience, even at moments of high drama — the knife - edge vote that settles great affairs of state.

As promised, the Motion was listed on the Order Paper and debated on the floor of plenary and the following resolutions were reached amongst which are; Mandate its Joint Committee on Drugs and Narcotics and health to investigate the growing menace of cough and other prescriptive drugs abuse; Urge the FG to partner with stakeholders, traditional rulers, Pharmacists councils, NGOs to create framework in fighting this category of drug abuse and urge NAFDAC to embark on a vigorous sensitization campaign on the dangers of drug abuse and steps on achieving a successful rehabilitation for people with the addiction.

MPs will scrutinise new laws less, under plans to bypass debate on the floor of the House of Commons and hand power to ministers

It will be debated on the floor of the Commons in September.

Nwaoboshi who again led the debate on the floor of the Senate on Thursday was of the view that the procedural codes that were being used by the bureau's tribunal were not provided for in the nation's Constitution.

I think that if you permit me I will like to come tomorrow by way of motion, so it can be debated on the Floor of the Senate.»

Speaker of the House, Ikuinyi - Owaji Ibani referred the Bill after an exhaustive debate on the floor of the House.

Members of the public will be able to get issues of their choosing debated on the floor of the Commons - if they can find 99,999 people to agree with them.

The approval was done by only Majority Members of Parliament because the Minority staged a walkout during the debate on the Floor of the House.

The agreement was however passed by a one - sided parliament after a charge debate on the floor of the house.

More recently, Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye, said that he would rather resign than preside over any debate on the floor of Parliament about same - sex relationships.

He was contributing to a debate on the floor of the house for the approval of some GHc 33 million for the EC...

The approval was done by only Majority members because the Minority members staged a walkout during the debate on the floor of Parliament.

Opponents of the U.S. Senate tradition of the filibuster — or the extensive debate on the floor of the federal upper house geared toward preventing a vote on legislation or confirming a presidential appointee — certainly don't welcome Sen. Rand Paul's move today to exercise that privilege to prevent what would certainly be the speedy confirmation of John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

The bulk of the first Administrative Simplification section that was debated on the floor of the Senate in 1994 (as part of the Health Security Act) was made up of privacy provisions.

However, here's the most important part: House and Senate officials should be permitted to disclose specific examples of Executive or Judicial overreach from the plain reading of the law, as long as it occurs during an open debate on the floor of their respective chambers or in their committees.

This very issue is being debated on the floor of provincial legislatures right now.

Not exact matches

Tourists and staff filled the galleries past midnight, and Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Cory Booker of New Jersey stayed with Murphy on the floor for most of the debate.

But in the maelstrom of last - minute action before the House heads home Friday, the bill has not been scheduled for what was expected to be a contentious debate on the floor.

The show, at the Business Design Centre on 30 September and 1 October 2014, has grown significantly on last year, with 170 exhibitors and plenty of show floor «theatre» in the form of the BIG Packaging Debate, one - to - one advice and the Lions» Lair.

gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider further amendments (proposals for change) to a Bill which has been examined in committee... Report stage is normally followed immediately by debate on the Bill's third reading.

«Decentralization will address the fact that the majority of bills are debated for less than a minute on the floor of our Assembly — a travesty to our supposedly democratic legislature,» Chen said.

Tonight on the Senate floor, during a debate on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) attempted to read a letter from Coretta Scott King that had been persuasive in his previous hearing as part of an unsuccessful nomination to a federal judgeship.

The second video is of Sen. Chuck Fuschillo reading aloud a letter from Rice on the floor of the Senate during the drug law reform debate last year.

«I have always lived my life with dignity, integrity and honesty; and I can say without hesitation that I brought those same characteristics everyday when I proposed bills, passed legislation, debated public policy, and fought tooth and nail to protect western New York on the floor of the New York State Senate for the past 38 years.»

Kavanagh is a strong proponent of every bill in the legislative package, which included several laws he introduced and debated on the Assembly floor.

After years of protests and rallies, a compromised bill and some eleventh - hour tension on the Council floor, the intensely debated Right to Know Act has been approved by the City Council in its very last day of session.

«It's been a good run, I've given it my all, and it's simply time for me to hand off this tradition of service to someone else who, I hope, will be no less willing and able to keep heading back to the Capitol year after year, legislative session after legislative session, and floor debate after floor debate to constantly and steadily roll up their sleeves, get down in the trenches, stand on their principles, shout out their fundamental beliefs, and carry on the fight for upstate's rightful place in this government.»

And a cluster of first - term Senate Republicans have been eager to get rid of a procedural vote to begin floor debate on government funding bills.

They have been offered 10 days of debate at a later stage on the floor of the Commons, and would like substantially more.

«It sort of reminded me years ago, the fellows who used to get up on the floor of the Assembly and debate against their pay increase, yet they were the first at the payroll office to make sure the increase was in their check,» Barraga said.

Labour argues that nine days were provided on the floor of the Commons to debate a six - clause bill removing most hereditary peers, and that this bill is far more complex.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Phil Boyle (R,C,I - Suffolk County) and Senator George Amedore (R,C,I - Rotterdam) today joined with family members of two murdered dogs and animal advocates to call on the Assembly to bring «Kirby & Quigley's Law» to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

But I was struck reading Hansard this morning by the way in which the debate which Tim reported at yesterday's meeting of the 1922 Committee also spilled out on to the floor of the Commons.

Things got ugly last night on the Senate floor during the debate over the latest round of budget extenders — here's Sen. John DeFrancisco referring to Democrats as «patsies.»

Mike Enzi, as Chair of the Budget committee, can unilaterally reduce that amount and pass it on to the Senate floor for debate.

Back - bench MPs seek adjournment debates in order to raise specific issues and particular concerns with Ministers on the floor of the House.

Debate on the floor included criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, over $ 90 million dollars in cuts to providers of services for the developmentally disabled.

The Speaker, who has sponsored a version of public campaign finance legislation since 1986, even broke protocol and debated the bills on the floor a few years back.

But Flanagan, during debate on the Senate floor on June 13, said he does not oppose the concept of mayoral control.

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.

There was loud laughter on the floor, which left Gbajabiamila defeated and helpless in his line of debate.

There was some testy back - and - forth between Democrats and Republicans on the Senate floor during the debate, and you should expect more of the same — if not worse — when it comes time to take up legislation relating to the most controversial parts of this budget: Ethics and education.

The ongoing tensions between warring factions of state Senate Democrats turned ugly and racial on the chamber floor during a heated budget debate yesterday afternoon.