Sentences with phrase «floor debate on»

John Cyzgier, Surrogate Court Judge of Suffolk County Assemblymember Helene Weinstein also made the slur of blackmail in her debate speech at the assembly floor debate on June 18, 2015.

Leading bill opponent Joe Barton (R - Texas) mentioned the report during floor debate on Friday and Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R - Wisconsin), at a press conference, called it «a case of the American public denied the right to know this contrary scientific evidence.»

A spokesperson for House Speaker Paul Ryan told Bloomberg that a schedule for floor debate on the bills would be announced this week.

Another, which I've alluded to twice already — during the Bali round of negotiations and Senate floor debate on a climate bill, is «Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk,» by one of my all - time favorite musicians, T Bone Burnett (best known as a producer).

Some legislators will want a full floor debate on the merits of maintaining the Oct. 1 heacount, but UAPCS and its legislative supporters will be prepared.

The Senate will begin floor debate on S. 1177 later this month.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., officially scheduled the bill for floor debate on Wednesday morning, just one day after 10 major education groups joined forces to demand senators prioritize the reauthorization, which had been languishing in the legislative queue for weeks.

A voucher amendment withdrawn, but expected to be discussed during the Senate's floor debate on the bill (Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.)

That opposition was blunted by a procedural vote on Monday, which limited the remaining floor debate on the nomination.

Reid's comments to AP mark the first time he has disclosed a timetable for the next big floor debate on climate change.

Assemblyman Michael Blake, a Democrat from the Bronx, suggested as much during a floor debate on the measure.

Saland was instrumental in crafting the religious exemption amendment that provided greater carve outs for religious organizations — which he went through in thorough detail in the floor debate on Friday.

And a cluster of first - term Senate Republicans have been eager to get rid of a procedural vote to begin floor debate on government funding bills.

Not exact matches

«To get to that solution, we have to move this debate forward,» Ayotte said on the Senate floor, defending her votes.

Tourists and staff filled the galleries past midnight, and Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Cory Booker of New Jersey stayed with Murphy on the floor for most of the debate.

The House debated the legislation Friday but abruptly pulled the bill from the floor once it was clear the bill, dubbed the American Health Care Act, was short on votes, according to the Associated Press.

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.

«Not only did we get this bill passed, but the fact that we had debate on these amendments on the floor was huge.

I don't remember having these debates on the floor ever before.»

With support from the White House for a higher federal minimum wage, as well as two plans from congressional Democrats to hike the federal floor to $ 12 and $ 15 an hour by 2020, expect the wage debate to intensify in 2016 on the presidential campaign trail.

The show, at the Business Design Centre on 30 September and 1 October 2014, has grown significantly on last year, with 170 exhibitors and plenty of show floor «theatre» in the form of the BIG Packaging Debate, one - to - one advice and the Lions» Lair.

Debate whether or not just to throw out Kira's entire outfit, because it was completely covered in poop, put her naked on a towel on the floor, while I got to get a bag to put het outfit in, come back to see that she has peed through the towel and onto our new carpet.

gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider further amendments (proposals for change) to a Bill which has been examined in committee... Report stage is normally followed immediately by debate on the Bill's third reading.

«Decentralization will address the fact that the majority of bills are debated for less than a minute on the floor of our Assembly — a travesty to our supposedly democratic legislature,» Chen said.

Tonight on the Senate floor, during a debate on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) attempted to read a letter from Coretta Scott King that had been persuasive in his previous hearing as part of an unsuccessful nomination to a federal judgeship.

What they expect from me as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is that every bill, every motion and every debate on the floor of the house must be looked at within the prism of what is in the best interest of the Urhobo and Delta Central people.

The second video is of Sen. Chuck Fuschillo reading aloud a letter from Rice on the floor of the Senate during the drug law reform debate last year.

This is manifested by the quality of debates on the floor of the house», he observed.

The opposition laid out their politically brilliant strategy last month: backing the principle of reform, but insisting that it requires extensive debate on the floor of parliament.

He disclosed that this has had a toll on the quality of debates on the floor of the house because most of them are not well trained to have been elected to the house because they lack the quality as required to make meaningful impacts in terms of contributions.

Schneiderman had a carefully cultivated public image as a yoga - loving vegetarian who preferred coffee shops to bars, and preferred high - minded legal debate to verbal combat on the Senate floor.

I've rarely known a conference when hours outside the hall are not as much filled with real policy debate and lobbying to win the votes on the floor, and fringe meetings for or against certain proposed policies, as exchanging campaign experiences, or party gossip.

Also at 1:30 p.m., the Assembly Democrats hold a press conference on the New York Health Act universal health care bill before a floor debate and vote on the measure, speaker's conference room, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

«I have always lived my life with dignity, integrity and honesty; and I can say without hesitation that I brought those same characteristics everyday when I proposed bills, passed legislation, debated public policy, and fought tooth and nail to protect western New York on the floor of the New York State Senate for the past 38 years.»

It is understood that his approach to and understanding of issues, superior contribution to debates on the floor of Parliament and ability to proffer alternative policies in the year made him stand out among his peers.

US Senate Republicans ended their filibuster on Wall Street reform, allowing the measure to move onto the floor for debate.

On Tuesday, the New York Senate Finance Committee voted to send the S - 3898 online poker bill introduced earlier this year by Sen. John Bonacic to the Senate floor for debate and a possible vote.

Kavanagh is a strong proponent of every bill in the legislative package, which included several laws he introduced and debated on the Assembly floor.

Raising the minimum wage has been a hotly debated issue in the state in the past and Valesky says that's the point, putting this discussion on the Senate floor.

After years of protests and rallies, a compromised bill and some eleventh - hour tension on the Council floor, the intensely debated Right to Know Act has been approved by the City Council in its very last day of session.

He's an outspoken lawmaker known for his skills and pointed jabs in debating bills on the Senate floor.

Things got heated on the New York State Senate floor this week over a debate on bills that majority party Republicans say will improve school safety.

«It's been a good run, I've given it my all, and it's simply time for me to hand off this tradition of service to someone else who, I hope, will be no less willing and able to keep heading back to the Capitol year after year, legislative session after legislative session, and floor debate after floor debate to constantly and steadily roll up their sleeves, get down in the trenches, stand on their principles, shout out their fundamental beliefs, and carry on the fight for upstate's rightful place in this government.»

They have been offered 10 days of debate at a later stage on the floor of the Commons, and would like substantially more.

«It sort of reminded me years ago, the fellows who used to get up on the floor of the Assembly and debate against their pay increase, yet they were the first at the payroll office to make sure the increase was in their check,» Barraga said.

Labour argues that nine days were provided on the floor of the Commons to debate a six - clause bill removing most hereditary peers, and that this bill is far more complex.

«It is a rare privilege and honour for me to open this, the first of the Backbench Business Committee debates on the Floor of the House.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Phil Boyle (R,C,I - Suffolk County) and Senator George Amedore (R,C,I - Rotterdam) today joined with family members of two murdered dogs and animal advocates to call on the Assembly to bring «Kirby & Quigley's Law» to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

Sen. Michael Gianaris, the deputy Senate Democratic leader, made the connection explicit during debate on the Senate floor.

The Independent Democratic Conference was permitted for the first time to introduce its own budget plan, in addition to the Republicans» proposal, to be debated on the floor.