A voucher amendment withdrawn, but expected to be discussed during the Senate's
floor debate on the bill (Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.)
A spokesperson for House Speaker Paul Ryan told Bloomberg that a schedule for
floor debate on the bills would be announced this week.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
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.»
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Speaker, who has sponsored a version of public campaign finance legislation since 1986, even broke protocol and
debated the
bills on the
floor a few years back.
The
bill sponsor, Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with Republicans, didn't speak
on the
floor during the
debate.
A massive spending
bill to provide money for five Cabinet departments for the upcoming budget year is about to hit the Senate
floor, giving senators a rare opportunity for open
debate on legislation of any kind.
In a video posted
on his official Assembly website, Hanna is seen
debating a
bill on the
floor and decrying a «conspiracy» by scientists who engage in climate research to «suppress» research conducted by those who challenge the existence of global warming.
Even with a timetable, MPs will have to set aside more than 15 days to
debate the
bill on the
floor of the Commons.
Speaker of the House, Ikuinyi - Owaji Ibani referred the
Bill after an exhaustive
debate on the
floor of the House.
The
bill isn't in the pipeline that could get it a
floor debate before the scheduled end of the session
on June 16.
In a rare, direct exchange between Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Harry Reid
on the
floor of the chamber, both senators vented frustration during a testy
debate on the China currency
bill.
«Obviously, after going through 63 hours of
debate on the
floor over this
bill, I wouldn't say I was looking forward to doing it again,» Fitzgerald said.
If the
bills are to be voted
on, they would need the permission of the Republicans in the Senate in order to come to the
floor for
debate.
On June 19, 2007, the New York State Assembly passed a
bill to legalize gay marriage after a three - hour
floor debate that ranged from apocalyptic to heart - wrenching.
But it took less than 30 minutes
on the Senate
floor for partisan fights to emerge, with Republicans initially threatening two - hour
debates on each of more than 100 noncontroversial
bills.
Senator Liz Krueger, a consistently liberal voice who represents a district
on the East Side of Manhattan, said during
debate on the Senate
floor that the
bill signaled the death of home rule.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan took the unusual step of
debating his own
bills on the
floor on Tuesday, saying de Blasio should have reached out sooner.
Before copies of the
bill could be printed,
debate began
on the
floor.
Notwithstanding the unity Democrats showed
on Saturday night in getting the Reid
bill to the
floor for
debate, McConnell suggested Sunday that the Democratic caucus could fracture under pressure from voters.
Although it is rare that a Private Member's
Bill, such as this proposed amendment to the University of Ottawa Act, makes it through the many stages required before becoming law, putting the question
on the
floor of the legislature forces an open
debate on the issue, in full view of the public and the press.
The sharply partisan nature of the
debate on the House
floor this afternoon — only 16 of 146 Republicans supported its passage, along with all 212 Democrats who voted — signaled that the new Republican House leadership won't take kindly to
bills that promise large increases in federal spending, no matter how worthy the cause.
The White House will not make a formal statement about the
bill until it is scheduled for
debate on the House
floor «but you shouldn't take the silence officially up until now as assent,» Holdren said, adding «I will make clear my personal opinion that the COMPETES act is bad for science, bad for scientists and engineers, and bad for the federal science agencies that would be authorized by the
bill.
The
floor debate represents an additional opportunity to amend the
bill and for afterschool advocates to voice their opinion
on the
bill.
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.
In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act, prior to
debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization
bill on the Senate
floor.
July 7, 2015: State and Local Governance Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership Regarding the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance Coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act prior to
debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization
bill on the Senate
floor.
Less certain is when this
debate will occur in light of competing priorities
on the Senate
floor, including the president's jobs
bill, fiscal 2012 spending, and a possible proposal from the supercommittee
on deficit reduction.
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.
Rooker has emerged as a leader in the school funding
debate, helping to manage the
bill on the House
floor.
Committee members want their proposals
debated and conference
on the House and Senate
floors to emerge with an improved ESEA reauthorization
bill.
On April 10, hundreds of people on both sides of the charter - school question gathered outside the second - floor committee room where the House Education Committee was set to vote on whether to send the Senate's charter - school bill to the House floor for debate and, ultimately, the first vote to ever take place on charter school legislation in the chambe
On April 10, hundreds of people
on both sides of the charter - school question gathered outside the second - floor committee room where the House Education Committee was set to vote on whether to send the Senate's charter - school bill to the House floor for debate and, ultimately, the first vote to ever take place on charter school legislation in the chambe
on both sides of the charter - school question gathered outside the second -
floor committee room where the House Education Committee was set to vote
on whether to send the Senate's charter - school bill to the House floor for debate and, ultimately, the first vote to ever take place on charter school legislation in the chambe
on whether to send the Senate's charter - school
bill to the House
floor for
debate and, ultimately, the first vote to ever take place
on charter school legislation in the chambe
on charter school legislation in the chamber.
The House Education Committee passed a GOP
bill on a party - line vote, but it was yanked from
floor debate in February after conservative GOP lawmakers said it didn't go far enough to shrink the federal role in education.
We were especially humbled last night when members of the House of Representatives invited our parent leaders Jessica Garcia and Ami Lara to join them
on the
floor for the
bill debate and final passage, as an acknowledgement of their leadership
on this issue.
After much
debate and testimony that stated how much education and training these proposed veterinary nurses had received and the difference between the veterinary office workers, who are the techs, the
bill passed out of the Ag Committee and moves
on toward the House
floor.»
The big climate
bill that is expected to be
debated on the Senate
floor very soon provides incentives for American companies to invest in rain - forest projects abroad.
I believe Senator Reid has scheduled the first week of June to bring up a couple of the different
bills that are
on the path for
debate on the Senate
floor.