Sentences with phrase «down vote in the chamber»

The measure would presumably end arguments over whether a certain bill would pass in an up - or - down vote in the chamber, but is being bottled up on the legislative calender by the chamber's majority party leadership.

The ESSA will, in short order, get an up - or - down vote in each chamber.

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Not receiving up or down votes on key measures has been a perennial concern for lawmakers in the minority of either chamber.

After a failure to reach an agreement over an immigration bill, 30 Republicans joined all the chamber's Democrats to vote down the law 198 - 213 in what Politico called «a huge setback to the farm lobby and House Speaker Paul Ryan's welfare reform agenda.»

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But others said it came down to not wanting to give the Democrats power to move legislation in the chamber, simiiar to the way Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie wouldn't allow a vote on a mixed martial arts bill unless the Democratic majority had enough votes to pass it on its own.

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.