Sentences with phrase «down floor votes»

When the New York State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference joined in a majority coalition with Republicans in 2012, it claimed that the arrangement would provide more up - or - down floor votes on progressive legislation.

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In announcing his vote, McCain came to the Senate floor and put his right thumb down before walking off.

The vote began, and McCain came to the Senate floor and put his right thumb down before walking off.

This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D - Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D - Conn., left, participate in sit - down protest seeking a a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Kent went on about the 2010 UN episode: «On the day of the actual vote, on the floor of the General Assembly, as we were all going up and down through the desks and aisles, urging people to stick to their commitment to vote for us, the Cuban ambassador was equally on the floor lobbying for the Canadian vote.»

It never made it to the floor; it was voted down by the Health and Human Services Committee, which Obama chaired.»

Other unlikely Florida No. 1 votes come from Florida State blog Tomahawk Nation, Miami blog The 7th Floor, and from SEC blog Team Speed Kills, jointly run by a Florida fan and a South Carolina fan; in a week when their teams each got first - place love, Kansas State blog Bring On The Cats and Notre Dame blog One Foot Down threw their lot in with Florida, too.

A central component of first lady Michelle Obama's anti-childhood obesity platform is set to get an up - or - down vote on the House floor Thursday, after delays prompted by opposition from lawmakers on both ends of the political spectrum.

Before session wraps for the year, it's time for the rest of the legislature to tell the public where they stand on term limits by bringing this bill to the floor for an up or down vote.

«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» five years in a row and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this bi-partisan legislation to come to the Floor of the Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.»

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

But he says if Felder gives the Democratic Party the majority, at least then the bills could be brought to the Senate floor for an up or down vote.

The Corker concession was one of several lingering uncertainties in the bill that Senate aides said would be nailed down as the measure neared a floor vote.

This bill should be brought to the floor for an up or down vote today.

With the voting down of the bill in the Senate, this raises a question: Can the Senate try again this fiscal year, or by bringing the bill to the floor and having it fail, did they use up their one shot?

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law by a 59 - 1 vote, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Speaker of the Assembly to bring the bill to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

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.

Squadron's efforts to at least bring the bill to the floor for an up - or - down vote were blocked by the Senate Republicans.

«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» three times and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this legislation that has bi-partisan support to come to the Floor of the Assembly for an up or down vote.»

These include: pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, equal staffing and resources for members, and giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for an up or down vote.

The marriage bill died the one time it came to the floor for a vote in the Senate, going down 38 - 24.

When pressed by Gov. David Paterson today on why they won't simply vote the executive budget up or down and call it a day, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos replied he considered the question moot, since the Democrats who control the Legislature won't bring the plan to the floor in the first place.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last October that he thinks the bill should come to the floor for an up - or - down vote, but he has so far shown no sign of moving the measure.

Bloomberg, who made a special trip to the Capitol (a place he is widely known to dislike immensely) to lobby in favor of the measure, had a heated exchange during a closed - door meeting with Sen. Tom Libous, a Binghamton Republican, in advance of the vote that saw the measure abruptly yanked from the floor before it went down in flames.

Speaker Carl Heastie was closely monitoring the debate, conferring with his No. 2, majority leader Joe Morelle, as well as staff, as there seemed to be the rare possibility that legislation brought to the floor would be voted down.

The battle between Manhattan council members Daniel Garodnick and Melissa Mark - Viverito may come down to a floor vote.

I hope all of these bills will be brought to the floor for an up or down vote, and allowed to fail or pass on their own merits and not as part of a large, overarching gun - control package.

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats and IDC lawmakers sought to raise the gun control issue on the floor of the chamber, proposing a series of hostile amendments to other bills that were voted down on procedural grounds that Republicans voted down.

One of the four bills that was shot down by the Senate before it could reach the floor to be voted on was the «no fly, no buy» bill, which would disallow those on federal no - fly lists from purchasing firearms.

New Yorkers who watched the tears and emotions on display on the State Senate floor today might have concluded that the vote on same - sex marriage came down to ideology, religion, and conscience.

I hope they will bring it to the floor for an up or down vote because I want to know where the legislature stands on this issue, as well as the county executive, because no one has publicly sent us anything in terms of a proposal of what they want, so I'm telling the county what I want, what I think is the best for the City of Kingston residents.»

«It needs to be put out on the floor, it needs to get it there for an up or down vote,» said Brian Sampson, the executive director of the pro-business Unshackle Upstate.

Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.

«We're saying bring them to the floor for debate, discussion and an up or down vote.»

Senator Savino says if the bill comes to the floor, as Cuomo and women's groups desire, it would fail, just as same sex marriage was voted down the first time it came to the floor back in 2009.

The IDC agreed to bring what is called a hand - down bill from the Assembly to the upper chamber's floor for a vote rather than pass Gianaris» bill, which was the same bill in all but name.

While the Senate HELP Committee action is another big step in the legislative process, Senators must agree to move ECAA to the Senate floor for an up - or - down vote.

Instead, they will allow breeders to continue to force their dogs to live on painful wire strand flooring (which was recently voted down by the vets on the Canine Health Board), and breeders will not be required to provide their dogs access to outside runs.

Industry veterans know that many of these issues crop up again and again; whether a bill dies in committee or is voted down on the Senate floor, it can just easily return for consideration in the future.

Despite its success in getting small - business health plan legislation to the Senate floor last year, where it just missed coming up for an up or down vote, NAR faces a different environment for health plan reform.