Sentences with phrase «floor debate on the bills»

A voucher amendment withdrawn, but expected to be discussed during the Senate's floor debate on the bill (Sen.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.

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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 chambeOn 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 chambeon 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 chambeon 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 chambeon 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.