Sentences with phrase «duck session in»

But Rockefeller is retiring this year at the end of the current Congress, and his colleagues are extremely unlikely to take up, much less pass, any reauthorization before they adjourn after a lame - duck session in December.

There'll be no lame duck session in Jack Quinn's job here at ECC, and then we're going to wait and see.»

He also says his legislation has bipartisan support and could be passed during the Senate's lame duck session in November.

The former Westchester County congressman said the no - so lame duck session in 2010 was «good» for Gillibrand because it produced results, thanks to the president's pragmatic approach, adding:

Not exact matches

House Republicans lost five seats, making passage in January a more difficult proposition than pushing through legislation in the lame - duck session.

And in the lame - duck Congressional session that will follow the election, the best anyone can hope for is a short - term deal that punts the issue into the new year.

The provisions on TPP are almost certainly moot, as congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle say the deal will not come up for ratification in the lame duck congressional session.

First, the debt ceiling will expire around election time, so the government will face another shutdown and it will be politically brutal to assemble a majority in a lame duck session to raise it by the trillions that will be needed.

The growing use of the internet, especially in social networking, meant that through the debates of the US Bishops» Conference (commendably held in public session) the general Catholic public became increasingly aware of just what thinking was behind what was coming to be known by consensus as the «lame - duck translation», an expression popularised by Fr Zuhlsdorf who has spent many years analysing «What does the prayer really say?»

The House legislation could be taken up in the lame duck session after the mid-term elections, but even that isn't certain.

If you're looking for a simple way to synch everything from your nursing sessions to nap time to diaper changes, download one of the many apps for breastfeeding moms to keep all of your ducks in a row.

He said there is a strategy in place to try to repeal the policy in the lame - duck session of Congress.

Did you have a plan for DADT repeal in the «lame duck» session after you lost your Speakership, before the TeaParty took over the House with Boehner at the helm?

«It would be a serious mistake for House Republicans to pass a Continuing Resolution that would ensure that Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats would come back to Washington, after many of them will have likely lost their seats, for a no - holds barred lame duck session where they will be free to pass legislation that the American people will never be able to hold them responsible for,» the Texas Republican said in a statement provided to CQ Roll Call.

The $ 315 million midyear budget gap could lead to another transit raid in the $ 20 million range before the year is out, if Governor Paterson convenes a lame duck special session and Albany repeats the same sort of heist it pulled off this fall.

Now in this game, the Republicans have every incentive to wait until the Lame Duck session (after the election) to approve a nominee.

In the extreme case, should the Democrats win the presidential election, Republicans acting rationally should prefer swallowing their pride and approving Obama's (centrist) nominee in the lame - duck session to being essentially forced to approve a more left - leaning nominee under a new Democratic presidenIn the extreme case, should the Democrats win the presidential election, Republicans acting rationally should prefer swallowing their pride and approving Obama's (centrist) nominee in the lame - duck session to being essentially forced to approve a more left - leaning nominee under a new Democratic presidenin the lame - duck session to being essentially forced to approve a more left - leaning nominee under a new Democratic president.

Obama made New START ratification a priority during the 2010 post-election lame duck session of Congress, and Senators John Kerry (D - MA) and Richard Lugar (R - IN), the Democratic Chairman and senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were leading supporters of the treaty.

The lame duck session is supposed to start... now... and it still remains unclear what, exactly, will be taken up by either house and whether they will stick around until tomorrow to continue trying to wrangle some last - minute deals, or simply gavel in, gavel out and go home to wait for Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo.

Any pay increase would likely have to be considered in a special session of the current lame - duck Legislature before the end of the year and newly elected lawmakers take their seats.

http://matthewf.net AmericaBlog's Gaius Publius discusses the warning by Bernie Sanders that Barack Obama still wants to cut Social Security in the Lame Duck session.

The governor then reversed himself on that, saying the Senate recounts, which could continue into 2011, shouldn't impact a lame duck session because the current members of the Senate are all in office through the end of the year, although what would motivate those who are leaving to show up in Albany just days after Thanksgiving is a little hard to figure out.

The governor was in a jokey sort of mood — a far cry from his angry rhetoric in Buffalo yesterday when he went after state worker unions and legislators who might be contemplating playing hooky for the Nov. 29 lame duck session.

Congress's flurry of activity during the lame - duck session helped save President Obama from facing a primary challenge in 2012, Rep. Charles Rangel said Tuesday.

The lame - duck Legislature of 1964 met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany from December 15 to 31, 1964, to re-apportion the legislative districts for the election in November 1965, gerrymandering the districts according to the wishes of the Republican majority before the Democrats would take over the Legislature in January.

* During the lame duck Congressional session last year, 15 House Republicans and eight Senate Republicans crossed over to support a repeal of «Don't Ask Don't Tell» that banned gays from serving openly in the military.

There has been speculation that the legislature would raise the minimum wage in a lame duck session after the November elections as part of a deal to raise state legislators and Commissioners salaries (an issue of concern to Cuomo).

«These two weeks are just getting this lame - duck session put to bed in a way that we don't screw up,» the Republican said.

In its final session Tuesday, the lame - duck City Council is poised to pass a slew of last - minute bills that have received only scant public review.

Why: When Tea Party Republican Nan Hayworth returns to Washington for the lame duck session, she will need to consider who should pay for investments in our country's future.

Local leaders will call on Nan Hayworth — who was upset in Tuesday's elections by Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney — to fight for a fair deal that protects jobs, protects social services, and ensures the wealthiest 2 % pay their fair share when she returns to Washington for the «Lame Duck» session.

Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform believe the lame duck session may the best opportunity to pass one concrete immigration reform measure before Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in January.

Through Election Day on 4 November, we will periodically examine research issues that will face U.S. lawmakers when they return to Washington, D.C., for a lame - duck session and when a new Congress convenes in January.

Cook - Deegan pointed to one «bright spot» for biomedical research amid all this uncertainty: in last year's lame duck session of Congress, the 21st Century Cures Act passed with bipartisan support.

That can has been kicked down the road into the next Congress because legislators couldn't agree on the 2011 budget in their current lame - duck session.

DeGette will «face significant opposition» if she tries to «push the bill through in the final hours of this lame - duck session,» said Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican.

I'm going to share it here, because, of all the tidbits in the book, it's the one that I find myself using on a regular basis, on those days when I'm tempted to duck out of my scheduled exercise session!

The evening before you're set to attend a networking session, set everything out and ensure you have all of your ducks in a row.

In bringing Lincoln back down to earth by examining the practical details of his fight to gain enough votes to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States through a lame duck session of Congress and to champion it within a divided Republican Party, Lincoln finds a more subdued sense of reverence for him — not only for what he accomplished but also how he went about accomplishing it.

A proposed $ 5 million voucher program for military families that have children with special education needs is part of the defense - spending bill that Congress will take up in its post-election lame - duck session.

And finally, after the success of the Obama administration in the lame duck session, will there be a willingness to hand over yet another victory to the president in education.

Even though thousands of voters were clear in their message to Lansing on several extreme legislative efforts in the November election and during December's lame duck session, a force in Lansing is intent on -LSB-...]

After November 8, when all 120 legislative seats in the Garden State are up for election, the legislature will reconvene for a Jersey tradition known as the «lame duck session».

And in January, just after we hadn't gotten our proposal through in the lame duck session, I'd worked with a labor lawyer named Jim Franczek who's absolutely brilliant... and his partner of counsel Stephanie Donovan on fall backs.

Some lawmakers are hoping to pass a bill in this lame - duck session of the Legislature that would force new teachers into a 401 (k)- style retirement system, and move the state away from supporting a traditional pension system.

Congress will almost certainly hold a lame duck session after the election (a session in which the outgoing Congress, including members who are retiring or have been defeated for re-election, may enact legislation).

However, in the waning hours of the 2016 lame duck session, Gov. Rick Snyder demanded that legislators give him a completed bill.

One bill that could reach the Senate floor in a lame - duck session is the Bingaman - Brownback renewable electricity standard bill, S. 3813.

In Michigan today, Governor Rick Snyder signed two sweeping bills that the state's legislature passed on December 15th, the last day of its end - of - year «lame duck» session.

Senator Harry Reid says he may still try to pass even a minimalist renewable energy bill in the Senate, and then use it to ram through an economy - disrupting climate bill during a lame duck session, if even by a single vote.