Sentences with phrase «duck session of»

NAR is pushing for a lame - duck session of Congress to make conforming high - cost loan limits of $ 729,750 permanent and to eliminate the repayment requirement in the first - time homebuyer tax credit.

According to the speakers, none of the president's large scale reforms are going to be touched in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress.

Obviously we had great difficulty in getting any sort of legislation though in the lame duck session of the last Congress; we were not able to enact these consensus provisions.

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.

The Senate was expected to follow suit later that day before the lame - duck session of Congress adjourned.

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.

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.

And, there's already been some evidence of that sort of triangulation during the lame duck session of Congress late last year.

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.

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

''... the chances of TPP passing this year are not high, and if it is not passed by the end of the lame duck session of Congress, then it probably will not be passed at all — at least, as presently constituted,» wrote analysts at BMI Research.

Not exact matches

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.

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?»

«Pushing this through the Senate during a lame - duck session with the hopes of using the Christmas holiday as a backstop is irresponsible.

The Beer Institute is hoping a so - called «lame duck session» of Congress won't hurt the chances of finally passing the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which would lower excise taxes, compliance burdens, and regulations on alcohol makers.

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.

As the Democrats appear to be slowly losing their grip on the majority (despite their claims to the contrary), Conference Leader John Sampson is reaching across the aisle to his GOP counterpart, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, and proposing a post-election spirit of cooperation for the Nov. 29 lame duck session.

«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.

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.

The biggest obstacle standing between Paterson and his lame duck session agenda is the Senate, where the balance of power remains undetermined as three races have yet to be decided.

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.

Special lame - duck sessions post-Election Day can be tricky to schedule at the end of the year, given the proximity of holidays and planned vacations for state lawmakers.

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.

-- Tony Avella, of Queens, apparently was informed there would be a vote, but was otherwise engaged and couldn't make it to the Capitol for the lame duck session.

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).

Pay raises are usually the stuff of lame duck sessions because sitting lawmakers can only give a raise to their successor crop.

It will be interesting to see who actually shows up for the lame duck session considering there are a number of lawmakers who lost their seat on primary day and more are likely to be ousted one week from today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After extensive conversations over the past several weeks with senior staff persons and key Members of Congress who serve on the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the bill, it has become clear that very few, if any, public health bills such as the SMA Treatment Acceleration Act will move through Congress during the lame - duck session set to begin on November 15.

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.

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.

Three other important federal education laws await final Congressional action, and if they don't get it during the waning weeks of 2016's «lame duck» session, the new administration will have a shot at influencing them during the 115th Congress.

Gov. Chris Christie repeatedly has said education reform will be his top priority of the lame duck session, including proposals for revamping how teacher tenure is granted and retained.

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-...]

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.

Today, we have many hundreds of thousands of daily sessions on Amazon,» said Sharon Newman, Vice President, Big Duck Games.

Guests are provided with a variety of entertainment options, such as a large ball field for off - leash play, a swim yard for summertime sessions and exposure to farm critters like sheep, ducks and goats.

Maybe it's the nature of lame duck congressional sessions.

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

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.

Pai said the companies were approved in a lame duck session and were a «midnight regulation» that «did not enjoy the support of the majority of commissioners.»