Sentences with phrase «floor action on bills»

Last Thursday was the deadline for floor action on bills originating in the opposite chamber and next Thursday, April 14, is the deadline to concur (or not concur) on those bills.

Not exact matches

But in the maelstrom of last - minute action before the House heads home Friday, the bill has not been scheduled for what was expected to be a contentious debate on the floor.

After reviewing the budget bills, Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action of New York and a co-chair of the Working Families Party, encouraged proponents to keep fighting until the bills come to the floor for a vote, which is expected to happen on Monday.

What makes it more expensive for the rest of us is the corruption involved in government — and the strongest remaining champion of continued corruption is your boss and friend JOhn Flanagan — a leader who can not bring a bill to the Senate floor on an issue that 97 % of New Yorkers demand action.

Advocates and the Senate's lead sponsor on GENDA, Lower Manhattan - Downtown Brooklyn Democrat Daniel Squadron, continue to press for a floor vote, with the senator saying that the Assembly action sent «yet another message to the Senate leadership that it is time to bring this bill to the floor for a vote.»

But the panel deferred action on a section of the bill that would establish a national board to help set occupational - skills standards, and senators from both parties signaled their intention to offer floor amendments on other sections.

They pretty much stymied action on what was actually a bipartisan ESEA bill that emerged from the Senate committee two years ago but never reached the floor.

As debate commenced today for floor action of the Senate's Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177), NSBA sent a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators urging their strong support for moving forward on a final bill that restores community ownership to local school districts, maximizes authorized funding for Title I, and advances academic achievement among all students.

An amendment pushed by Heritage Action that would allow states to opt out of the law's requirements altogether but still receive federal funds was left on the cutting room floor when the bill went through the House Rules Committee.

We will send out an action alert before a floor vote on a bill we intend to include on our scorecard, but there won't be any surprises.

Boston, MA — Animal welfare organizations including the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) and the MSPCA - Angell have united behind House Bill (H.) 4244 and have issued a call to action to Massachusetts residents to contact legislators to move the pending legislation to the house floor for a vote before the legislative session ends on July 31.

Recommended Action: Because HB 198 and SB 53 have both been passed out of their committees of origin, action on the bills must take place on the House and Senate Action: Because HB 198 and SB 53 have both been passed out of their committees of origin, action on the bills must take place on the House and Senate action on the bills must take place on the House and Senate floor!

That action paves the way for the bill's consideration on the House floor.