Sentences with phrase «favor of the bill before»

In the face of recent megastorms and other extreme climate events, an historic effort to address carbon pollution in DC gained new momentum on Wednesday, October 25 as three Councilmembers spoke in favor of the bill before a cheering crowd at the Wilson Building.

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Before he scratched out «God» in favor of his «as we understood Him» compromise language, Bill was telling the story far differently, far more accurately, and far more consistently in terms of what he had learned from his sponsor Ebby Thacher, from Dr. Bob, from Anne Smith and her journal, from Shoemaker, and from Oxford Group writings and talks.

Flanagan killed the bill's chances a day after the hopes of survivors for a vote before the legislative session's scheduled end on Wednesday were raised by Sen. James Tedisco, of Schenectady, who became the first Senate Republican to come out in favor of the Child Victims Act.

At least two Senate Democrats, who up until now have kept government running by voting in favor of weekly budget extenders, are threatening to vote «no» on the next extender bill, which will come before the Senate and Assembly on Monday.

Rep. Chris Collins, a key Trump supporter from western New York, copped in an interview to not reading the health care bill before voting in favor of it.

The Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who voted in favor of the bill, was asked at a news conference before the vote was taken if she used reusable bags when she went shopping.

Senators voted 18 - 7 in favor of the bill, which would require an additional Senate vote before advancing to the House.

Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Grant Schmidt, testified before the Colorado House Education Committee on Monday, April 16th in favor of the proposed 2018 - 19 School Finance Bill.

Although simplification of the code bracketing to a single bracket for everyone is the aim of all flat tax proposals, the flat - tax friendly senators who saw the bill through the Senate still ended up with 7 progressive tax brackets, the same number as before, although with some shifts in bracketing that favored higher - income taxpayers.

This bill has the potential to up - end that policy in favor of putting the wants of a parent before the child's best interest by creating a premise of equal time - sharing.