Sentences with phrase «favor of the bill with»

The votes were overwhelmingly in favor of the bill with a vote less than a week ago of 77 - 22 by the House and yesterday of 41 - 9 by the Senate.  Â

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Similarly, Paul used the same opportunity to bring up Rubio's wavering on immigration, and his support of the so - called Gang of Eight immigration overhaul bill in 2013, where he voted with Democrats, including New York Senator Chuck Schumer, in favor of the bill.

Small businesses across the country support the Republican tax reform plan, with 55 percent saying they are in favor of seeing a tax bill passed.

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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).

If you've ever gotten in trouble for coming home with almond milk instead of cow milk, and if you favor labeling food containing GMOs because of your right to know, you are going to love Missouri House Bill 2607.

Most important, he has scrapped the grind - it - out ground game that dates from Cookie Gilchrist's day in favor of a wide - open offense, replete with slots and swings that can set O. J. Simpson, Wide Receiver Haven Moses or even rookie Fullback Bill Enyart man - to - man on linebackers or safeties.

The PRC vote to ask Fay to fade was 7 - 2 in favor, with Ravitch, Selig, Reinsdorf, Fred Kuhlmann of the St. Louis Cardinals, Carl Pohlad of the Minnesota Twins, National League president Bill White and American League president Bobby Brown on one side, and Fred Wilpon of the New York Mets and John McMullen of the Houston Astros on the other.

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.

Audrina Patridge, Nick Carter, Mario Lopez, and Bill and Giuliana Rancic have all spoken out in favor of (or in official partnership with) private cord - blood banks.

Albany has the ultimate say, and Governor Cuomo has now stood with the unions in favor of their more generous bill and against the Mayor and the City Council Speaker.

In fact our charter bill passed Senate with all GOP voting in favor and a number of Democrats, but without the minority, that wouldn't have been done.»

Lt. Peter Salzone, who fired several bullets into his stomach, was a longtime associate of indicted Deputy Inspector James Grant, who along with other police officials is accused of accepting gifts and lavish favors from two allegedly corrupt businessmen with close ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

It's also possible that members occasionally vote in favor for bills without supporting them or fully knowing their contents, whether out of a desire to maintain cordial relations with their colleagues or because they don't have time to process the thousands of pieces of legislation that are placed on their desks each year.

There's a chance more GOP challengers join Ward, including Reps. David SchweikertDavid SchweikertRepublican candidate favored in Arizona special House election Ryan leaves legacy of tax cuts and deficits Paul Ryan's successor must embrace the House Freedom Caucus MORE and Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's seat Some doubt McCarthy or Scalise will ever lead House GOP MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating officer.

«Absent that, we'll move forward with a one - house bill just to get on the record the Senate is in favor of this kind of business model.»

Cuomo, who has been engaged in a protracted battle with de Blasio on a series of other matters, has come out strongly in favor of a bill that would provide higher disability retirement benefits to uniformed workers hired after 2009.

Two Republicans from the New York City area, senators Marty Golden and Andrew Lanza, and Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who caucuses with the G.O.P., all voted in favor of the bill.

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.

Cook called it «a dichotomy» and «an irony» that the Republicans opposed the Jackson bill with its job - creation guarantees, while they favored the much - more - expensive jobs bill that did not carry any such guarantees of increased employment.

While New York City Democrats would likely be the most frustrated if there's no agreement in 2016, there are dozens of lawmakers throughout the state who had to grapple with the issue on the campaign trail this year, and thus suffered a political headache for voting in favor of a budget bill that included a provision which didn't actually wind up raising their salary.

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.»

Though NOM spent more than $ 50,000 in the race, the role Weprin's vote in favor of same - sex marriage is hotly debated, with Republican Bob Turner's spokesman Bill O'Reilly saying it was essentially a non-factor.

Faso, a former minority leader of the state Assembly and the GOP candidate for New York governor in 2006, has taken heat during his brief time in Congress for voting in favor of the Republican health care bill in the House and for refusing to hold town hall - style meetings with constituents in his district.

Following a decisive victory in the mayor's race in 2013, Mayor Bill de Blasio found himself with newfound political muscle as the first Democratic elected mayor in the last 20 years — and went on to play a key role in the victory of his favored speaker candidate, Melissa Mark - Viverito, in January 2014.

Melissa Kleckner, who lives in New Jersey, traveled up to Albany with her 9 - year - old daughter to demonstrate along with hundreds of others in favor of the bill.

The Town Board voted 4 - 2 in favor of issuing the permit at its regular meeting Tuesday night, with Supervisor Scott Russell and Councilman Bill Ruland voting in opposition.

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.

The argument in favor of letting the amendment into the final Senate bill is that if states do not comply with the law they lose their federal match, which would impact the federal budget.

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.

«Joe Lhota is trying to downplay his ties to the right wing of the Republican Party, but the truth is he was pandering to the Tea Party throughout the Republican primary, and he continues to try and curry favor with them in the general election,» said de Blasio's campaign manager Bill Hyers.

Menendez is accused of accepting bribes from co-defendant Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor, in exchange for personal favors as part of a corruption scheme, including helping Melgen with a Medicare billing dispute.

During an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Gillibrand took Sen. John McCain to task for filibustering to block the bill, saying his argument in favor of waiting for a military report doesn't hold water because today's vote would merely have given officials the go - ahead to repeal DADT, not directed them how to do that.

A bill that would legalize sports wagering in Connecticut — should the U.S. Supreme Court rule in favor of it — has the support of the Connecticut Lottery Corp., but Attorney General George Jepsen urged lawmakers to proceed with caution.

Unions favor the card check bill because they believe it will make it easier for workers to unionize and, for many years, unions have been concerned about the rising costs of health care because of the role those costs have played in their collective bargaining with employers.

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.

Last year's State Senate session ended with protests and arrests outside Klein's Capitol office, with demonstrators upset that he didn't use his alliance to win final votes on progressive bills they favored, including a system of public campaign finance and changes to the state's abortion laws.

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.

If the lobbyist spent Thursday being paid to meet with newspaper editorial boards in the district urging them to come out in favor of the bill and writing press releases about the bill for the client, that work would often be treated differently and not reported.

«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.»

The senator said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown is in favor of the bill and his office helped with the drafting of the bill.

It appears the bill will only be able to pass with a significant number of GOP senators voting in favor of it.

After the Senate's bipartisan 91 - to - 9 vote in a favor of a bill that keeps federal agencies open through March 18 while enacting $ 4 billion in new spending cuts, Mr. Obama urged House and Senate leaders to meet with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and two top aides to work out a longer - term budget agreement.

Although the State Assembly has passed a bill extending mayoral control of city public schools, Republicans in the State Senate have proposed bills that extend mayoral control only with conditions that favor charter and private schools.

Bill McKibben, co-founder of the nonprofit climate advocacy group 350.org, took particular issue with Exxon Mobil's assertion that it remained confident that the supply - and - demand equation for petroleum would remain in its favor, even in an era of generally tightening carbon regulation.

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.