Sentences with phrase «favor of the bill when»

«It's safe to say that most Republican legislators want to see some type of legislation on this,» said Matt Richter, the press secretary for the Republican Caucus, adding that it's likely some will vote in favor of the bill when it's finalized.

Not exact matches

When it reached the full Senate, the bill, which has passed the House, faced no opposition — after all, who is in favor of selling the bodies of vulnerable children?

Just when you think an issue will be settled in favor of investors, a Senator oozes under the door and slides a quick pro-business, anti-investor change into a bill.

Dreihaus, part of a group of Democrats that supported a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion yet — when this provision failed to pass — still voted in favor of the final health care reform bill, argued that, given his pro-life beliefs, the ad amounted to defamation.

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house [Deut.

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De Blasio punched all the right buttons at all the right times — that is, just when a restive electorate was looking to throw off the old in favor of the new, along came Bill.

The man who refused to bring a gay - marriage bill to the floor of the State Senate when he was majority leader has come out today in favor of marriage rights for same - sex couples.

The first thing he did when he arrived in washington is vote in favor of the Health Care reform bill.

The most powerful man in Albany isn't accustomed to taking direction from anyone (save his union - boss patrons)-- but you can bet his ears perked up yesterday when former President Bill Clinton publicly pronounced himself strongly in favor of raising New York's charter - school cap.

(Advocates for the bill, chiefly the Catholic Church, argued that there was no point of passing it in the Senate when it wouldn't succeed in the Democratic - led Assembly, where union - allied lawmakers argue the tax credit is a voucher that drains funds from public schools in favor of privates.)

Nationally, attention has been riveted on New York state since early in the week when Cuomo announced he had won more votes in favor of the bill.

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.

Kirsten Gillibrand, who diligently took up the cause when she replaced Clinton, traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan two weeks ago and spent much of the time lobbying John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsay Graham to vote in favor of the bill.

An outspoken liberal generally allied with Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mark - Viverito tends to favor the views of tenants and local activists when it comes to real estate issues in New York.

«Ms. Quinn, the City Council speaker, offers the judgment and record of achievement anyone should want in a mayor,» the newspaper editorial board said, adding that while rivals Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson both have «powerful arguments» in favor of their records, «Ms. Quinn inspires the most confidence that she would be the right mayor for the inevitable times when hope and idealism collide with the challenge of getting something done.»

It then flashes back to the start of the story, when Sloane gleefully is directing a crew of youthful minions in their campaign to woo a senator into backing a bill favoring the Indonesian palm oil industry.

When Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, he was in favor of a choice among private schools as well as public schools.

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?

As the legislative report (JR report) explains, when the Education Committee held its public hearing, the testimony was almost unanimous in favor of the bill.

The program ended when Congress failed to appropriate funds for its continuation in the 2015 federal spending bill.14 In some sectors, there is increased debate about whether federal funds for education are best allocated through formulas or competitive processes, with opponents of competitive grants citing a desire to reduce federal influence in favor of state and locally - driven education policies.

When the government raises a lot of money people get concerned about politically favored causes being what gets funded and we saw with the House energy bill that funding for specific CO2 sequestration was chosen even though that might not be the best way to spend the money.

When money gets tight, people often choose to forego paying their car insurance premiums in favor of «more important» bills like the mortgage or rent, car payment, utilities, or groceries.