Sentences with phrase «expressed support for the bill»

was the latest senator to express support for the bill, which put the number of supporters above the procedural requirement to bypass committee approval.

Bryant, who has previously expressed support for the bill, will have five working days to sign or veto the bill before it passes into law without his signature.

Constituents of Senators Mark Grisanti, Diane Savino, and David Carlucci have expressed their support for the bill.

The WFP sent an alert earlier today to its supporters with a link that enables them to call Paterson's office and express support for the bill, which the Senate sent to the governor on Wednesday — about 24 hours after the Assembly passed it.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as state Senate Leader John Flanagan, expressed support for the bills last spring, but they ended the legislative session without voting on them.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito today called sales taxes on feminine hygiene products «unfair,» and expressed support for a bill calling on the state to eliminate the levy.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as the leader of the State Senate, John Flanagan, expressed support for the bills last spring, but they ended the legislative session without voting on them.

Mark - Viverito called sales taxes on feminine hygiene products «unfair,» and expressed support for a bill calling on the state to eliminate the levy.

Tenney is among four New York Republicans who have expressed support for the bill.

In addition, the American Civil Liberties Union of N.C., the State Bar Association, and the N.C. League of Women Voters have expressed support for the bill.

The governor also expressed support for the bill last year, but it failed in the face of opposition from the State Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat.

The pan-Yoruba socio - cultural organisation, Afenifere, the Igbo socio - political organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra have expressed support for the bill assented to by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, which categorises grazing with arms in the state as terrorism.

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jeffrey Dinowitz (D - Bronx) expressed support for the bill and said he will likely hold a hearing or a roundtable discussion on it in the coming weeks.

The de Blasio administration has not expressed support for the bill, but the Council passed it by a vote of 48 - 0, more than the two - thirds needed to override a mayoral veto.

The governor also expressed support for the bill last year, but it failed in the face of opposition from the State Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat.

It is also important to know that we are asking the Committee to consider amendments that take into account specific concerns we raised in expressing our support for the bill.

«This is the most comprehensive animal protection bill in the Commonwealth's history and would not have been possible without the determined efforts of my colleagues in the House and Senate, the Governor and the thousands of advocates who contacted their elected officials expressing their support for the bill.»

I urge everyone concerned about the concept of mass slaughter in this day and age — especially when it's being taught to children — to contact them and express support for this bill, which would protect not only crows, but all the unfairly maligned species that have been targeted for hundreds of years.

If you live in New York, express your support for the bill by writing or calling Senator Bruno (President and Majority Leader) at Room 909, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247 [phone]), as well as your local Senator.

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After Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill that outlaws «hom.ose.xual propaganda» in the country, Lively expressed pleasure and support for such a bill, and claimed in a September 2013 interview with NBC that he influenced Russian lawmakers who implemented it.

I am a small business owner, and a mom who breastfed, writing to express my support for Senate Bill 1994, the TRICARE Moms Improvement Act of 2014.

Noting the connection between childhood hunger and obesity and impaired military recruitment, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of an amendment to a military spending bill expressing support for adequate funding for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.

Organizations like Nebraska's Voices for Children have expressed support for LB 834, and human services agencies should also put pressure on lawmakers to vote for the bill.

The New York City Council voted 28 - 20 to require certain retailers to collect a fee on each carryout bag, paper or plastic, with some exceptions, with Mayor Bill de Blasio expressing support for the measure.

Patch article on BP Adams expressing support for a City Council bill that would force used car dealers to be more open about the cost and quality of the cars they sell.

Activists are trying to change that by supporting a bill that would set up mandatory protocols — including contacting the student's parents — for schools to follow if a student expresses suicidal thoughts.

Pledge 2 Protect, the coalition of anti-MTS groups leading the charge against the much - maligned sanitation project, is specifically targeting mayoral hopefuls Bill de Blasio and Christine Quinn, who have expressed support for the station.

The simmering feud between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo continued this week with the former opposing the latter's newly - expressed support for congestion pricing.

Good government groups Citizens Union, the Empire Center, NYPIRG and Common Cause have publicly expressed support for Tedisco's efforts to bring greater transparency to state spending decisions with this bill.

Ronda Rousey, M.M.A.'s female bantamweight champion, met with Governor Andrew Cuomo on the legislation yesterday, and said he was «a cool guy to be around» and he «expressed his support» for the bill.

New York, NY — Just days after Mayor Bill De Blasio expressed support for cutting ties with the banks behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, New Yorkers will gather to call on City Comptroller Scott Stringer to #DeFundDAPL and divest from risky coal, oil and gas stocks.

Former Mayor David Dinkins appeared with current Mayor Bill de Blasio today, expressing great support and admiration for de Blasio although without expressly endorsing his reelection bid.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

The groups specifically urged Flanagan and Heastie to pass the Comptroller's Clean Contracting bill (S. 3984 - A / A.6355) in its entirety and expressed strong support for the bill's key provisions including:

ALBANY, NY (11/08/2009)(readMedia)-- On the heels of an historic late night vote in the House of Representatives for a good, balanced health care reform bill, the New York State AFL - CIO expressed its appreciation of those in the New York Congressional delegation who voted in support of HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

On Wednesday, Majority Leader John Flanagan expressed concern in a statement that Cuomo's support for Senate Democrats would empower Mayor Bill de Blasio — an antagonist who the governor has been in heated feud with over the last year.

The only problem with that logic is that the bill for which lawmakers were asked to express their support has changed.

In addition, three other Republicans — Sens. Thomas O'Mara, John Bonacic and Bill Larkin — have expressed support for the act, which is being carried and aggressively championed by Sen. Diane Savino, an IDC member.

At 10 a.m., NYC Council members Carlos Menchaca and Helen Rosenthal, advocates for worker cooperatives and workers express support for a City Council bill scheduled for a Thursday vote that would require reporting of city contracts and small business assistance awarded to worker cooperatives; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, has expressed support for such legislation, and both the Assembly and the Republican - led Senate were expected to approve the bill on Wednesday as the Legislature inched its way toward a settlement on a budget process that has run long.

Both lawmakers expressed their support for such systems as a means to let home and building owners realize significant savings in monthly energy bills.

Kicking off their four - day «Restoring Common Sense» tour Friday, Tea Party Nation and Tea Party Express will hold rallies in multiple cities and defend Republicans who supported Gov. Scott Walker's controversial bill that curbed collective bargaining rights for state employees earlier this year.

And Mayor Bill de Blasio and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met with Local 1 - S / RWDSU members to express their support for a fair contract for Macy's employees.

Mayor Bill de Blasio remained one of the most prominent leaders expressing support for Silver, calling the embattled speaker a «man of integrity» last week.

On Sunday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio expressed support for a ban on plastic bags on Twitter.

Mark - Viverito answered several questions, including her reaction to some protest groups rejecting the call for a moratorium on protests, whether she shares the sentiment expressed by Mayor de Blasio that media coverage of protests has fostered divisiveness, whether the council will table any pending NYPD - related bills, whether she'll attend the Ramos and Liu funerals, her reaction to PBA President Pat Lynch's comment that responsibility for the bloodshed begins «on steps of City Hall», how long a protest moratorium should last and whether her «show of support... will be received as... political expediency.»

Bill de Blasio has, on multiple occasions, expressed his support for banning carriage horses but as mayor has not yet taken any public action toward a ban.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio took to Twitter this morning to capitalize on counter Mayor Bloomberg's verbal slight to Buffalo, expressing his love and support for the Queen City.

«The governor's spokesman has put out a statement and I take that statement as truth,» said Mark - Viverito, who earned the vocal support of Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, who called some of the city councilmembers to express his support for her.

Brewer used that uncertainty to explain why she's continuing to negotiate a compromise on the bill with Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a leading mayoral candidate who's expressed support for the concept of the bill, but has not brought the bill for a vote.