Sentences with phrase «favor of the bill by»

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the Book of James was a favorite with early A.A.'s [said Bill Wilson]-- so much so that «The James Club» was favored by some as a name for the fellowship (DR. BOB, p. 71).

George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others.

3 Divorce was easy, and by giving her a written bill of divorcement a husband on any pretext could send away his wife «if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her» (Deut.

Thus far, the betting public is slightly in favor of the Bills circling the wagons and taking down the Jets by at least 2 points at home.

With the unranked Aggies coming to Bill Snyder Stadium, the betting public is taking the points and overwhelmingly in favor of the # 14 Wildcats either winning straight up or losing by four or less in front of their home crowd.

Skelos and other Senate GOP lawmakers have begun to push back against the notion that they aren't in favor of the cap by staging an online petition drive and accusing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of holding up the bill.

This is not good news for Stachowski, who has made quite a name for himself of late by refusing to vote in favor of the budget revenue bill until there's some sort of agreement on the SUNY empowerment plan that helps further UB's 2020 proposal.

Specifically, the legislature could put the pension changes favored by the Governor into a larger bill that is of statewide significance.

Mosley was one of the original sponsors of the legislation, but withdrew his name from the bill after a lobbying campaign by those favor it.

Many of the same - sex marriage bill's opponents, while testifying against that measure, testified in favor of a separate bill under consideration at the hearing that was introduced by Del..

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.

New Yorkers favor the passage of a bill to give child sex abuse victims more time to file criminal charges and civil lawsuits by a wide margin, yet that proposal — the Child Victims Act — has once again died in Albany.

According to an analysis by the Citizens Budget Commission, a business - backed group that favors the restraint of spending, at least 50 such bills are being considered in the Legislature.

There are a number of bills introduced in the New York State legislature, including by Independent Democrats in the Senate, that could mitigate the impact of a Supreme Court decision in favor of Janus.

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.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Closing Rikers Island The debate moment that got the most attention was Stringer declaring that the Rikers Island jail complex should be closed in three years, far short of the ten - year timeline announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio, a fellow Democrat also favored to win reelection this year.

Deacon favors a bill in Congress that provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y.

The Democratic political action committee End Citizens United wasted little time in criticizing Rep. Claudia Tenney's vote in favor of the tax overhaul bill, approved Wednesday in the House of Representatives and signed by President Trump.

Skelos said in his statement that he was «pleased» to meet with Koch earlier today to express his «concerns» about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bill, which the Republicans believe «would weight the redistricting process in favor of Democrats by a six to two margin.»

Not included in the tentative deal is a measure to advertise the sale of clean needles to drug users, a proposal that has been favored by advocates and was included in a program bill the Cuomo administration had drafted earlier this month.

The overwhelmingly Democratic Council voted in favor of each bill in the act by an overwhelming margin, with the measure on public urination scraping closest: 39 in favor, 10 against.

Last week, two police officials — Deputy Chief Michael Harrington and Deputy Inspector James Grant — were charged by the feds with taking tens of thousands of dollars from two businessmen with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio in exchange for favors, according to Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

She painted Mr. Silver as a politician who went back on his promises to protect tenants by holding private meetings with Glenwood lobbyists and signing off on a version of a rent regulation bill that the company favored.

But now, the bill, known as the «Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act,» has been newly introduced by Councilmembers Brad Lander and Debi Rose and appears to have robust support, with 41 of the 51 Councilmembers indicating they are in favor.

Last June, Faso voted in favor of the cynically dubbed Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017, a bill that sides with insurers, against the rights of patients who have been injured by medical malpractice.

After the county legislators initially approved the bill in its current form by a 9 - 1 vote on August 18, the county voted 6 - 5 in favor of overriding the veto.

State Senator Tom Duane of Manhattan, the openly gay, hyper - vocal proponent of marriage equality, said yesterday that he's received private assurances from at least 32 of his colleagues that they will vote in favor of a marriage - equality bill introduced by Governor Paterson and recently passed by the State Assembly.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Little more than a week after City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told an audience of hundreds at an LGBT Democratic mayoral forum that she was not in favor of moving forward now on pending paid sick leave legislation, she will announce support for a modified bill at a City Hall press -LSB-...]

Demonstrators by the hundreds — both those in favor of same - sex marriage and those opposed — jammed the halls of the capital Monday as lawmakers continued to haggle over language that will protect religious institutions and garner enough support in the Republican - controlled Senate for the bill to pass.

The Associated Press reported Thursday night that Connie Mack, a longtime political ally of Crist, tendered a letter of resignation because the governor had vetoed a bill favored by state Republican lawmakers and grassroots conservatives but largely unpopular among teachers» unions.

Deputy Senate Republican leader Kevin Witkos, a former police officer in Canton, surprised some lawmakers by being in favor of the narrow bill, adding that he might vote later against marijuana legalization on the Senate floor.

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The speaker came under fire from members of the audience at one point, with advocates attacking her for supporting the hiring of 1,300 new NYPD officers in 2015 and her ongoing parliamentary obstruction of several controversial police reform bills favored by liberals.

GOPers were furious over what they viewed as heavy - handed lobbying by Bloomberg and his team as they tried last week to kill the governor's union - favored compromise bill to limit the public release of teacher evaluations, insiders say.

Corwin concluded her questioning by saying that despite initially planning to vote in favor of the bill, her opinion was changed once she noticed ISTOP integration flaws that she called «so, so concerning.»

He favors an alternate bill offered by GOP Long Island Sen. Phil Boyle that would allow the use of marijuana that could be ingested or vaporized in an oil form instead of smoked.

There are a number of bills introduced in the New York State Legislature, including by independent Democrats in the Senate, that could mitigate the impact of a Supreme Court decision in favor of Janus.

Gibson, member of the House Agriculture Committee, voted in favor of the bipartisan Farm Bill signed into law by President Obama earlier this year.

Short of Congress enacting his suggestions in full, he favors passage of the Durbin - Grassley Bill, though with the proviso that only «certain parts are good,» such as the expansion of rules against layoffs by employers who hire H - 1Bs.

The larger and more comprehensive COMPETES bill passed last year by a margin of 217 to 205, with 23 Republicans voting against it and no Democrats in favor.

The House floor amendment to the FY 2013 Commerce, Justice, and Science spending bill, offered by Rep. Daniel Webster (R - FL), was approved with 232 votes in favor, of which Mulvaney was one (note the provision did not survive the Senate).

«Death at a Funeral,» directed by Frank Oz, looks like it could be a bit of dark hilarity, but the lack of a big name in the cast won't do it any favors at the box office; conversely, «You Kill Me» is filled with recognizable faces — Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall, Ben Kinglsey, Tea Leoni, Bill Pullman, and Luke Wilson — but probably won't get a fair shake theatrically because it's being distributed through IFC Films.

If you don't believe that other influential Democrats favor this form of evaluation, check out the Title I bill recently introduced by Reps. Jared Polis and Susan Davis.

That bill was tabled in favor of another bill — which had been approved by the legislature but was still unsigned by Gov. Joseph E. Brennan as of late last month — authorizing the speaker of the House and the president of the Senate to establish a 21 - member state commission on excellence in education.

But the near - unanimous vote by the conference committee in favor of the deal belied growing anxiety on the left, with civil rights advocates and education reformers becoming increasingly nervous they had spent close to a year working on an education bill that will ultimately harm poor and minority children.

Offered as an amendment to the bill by Sen. Ted Cruz (R - TX), it was supported by 50 of 52 Republicans in the Senate with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie - breaking vote in its favor.

Remember when Charlie Crist sold out the future of Florida's school children by vetoing a school reform bill that would have introduced merit pay and tweaked tenure in order to curry favor with that state's powerful teachers union in the hopes that they would aid him in his race for the Senate?

It is interesting to note that most of these important bills have been proposed by Republican members of the Connecticut General Assembly, but an increasing number of Democratic legislators are standing up and speaking out in favor of Connecticut's students, parents, teachers and public schools.

While using a credit card can work in your favor, it's important that you control your spending, make payments on time, and avoid interest charges by paying your entire bill at the end of each month whenever possible.