Sentences with phrase «for debate on the floor»

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.»

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.

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

«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.»

«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.

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.

Sen. Eric Adams, who drew widespread criticism for his «show me the money» speech on the Senate floor in 2007 while debating a legislative pay raise, has shelved his call for a salary boost — at least for the time being.

Mike Enzi, as Chair of the Budget committee, can unilaterally reduce that amount and pass it on to the Senate floor for debate.

Debate on the floor included criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, over $ 90 million dollars in cuts to providers of services for the developmentally disabled.

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.

Earlier today, he told the Daily News that he would be «pushing very very hard for issues like same - sex marriage to not be pre-determined in a smoke - filled room, but to let it air out in full debate on the Senate floor as soon as possible.»

As promised, the Motion was listed on the Order Paper and debated on the floor of plenary and the following resolutions were reached amongst which are; Mandate its Joint Committee on Drugs and Narcotics and health to investigate the growing menace of cough and other prescriptive drugs abuse; Urge the FG to partner with stakeholders, traditional rulers, Pharmacists councils, NGOs to create framework in fighting this category of drug abuse and urge NAFDAC to embark on a vigorous sensitization campaign on the dangers of drug abuse and steps on achieving a successful rehabilitation for people with the addiction.

Nwaoboshi who again led the debate on the floor of the Senate on Thursday was of the view that the procedural codes that were being used by the bureau's tribunal were not provided for in the nation's Constitution.

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.

«I doubt that it will, in my judgment, because in order for it to be put on the floor, since there is joint leadership, there has to be an agreement by the two leaders to put in on the floor for a vote, and that's going to be subject to a debate in the conferences.»

Neither Skelos nor Savino — whose visibility in the push for marriage equality was sky high after her floor speech in a 2009 debate circulated on YouTube — returned phone calls seeking comment.

After months of hearings, debate, and closely guarded private negotiations, the state Senate and Assembly task force on restricting, known as LATFOR, finally moved to adopt new district lines and send them to floor for a vote.

A prayer offered during the tax overhaul debate this winter on the House floor is reportedly a reason that Speaker Paul Ryan may have asked for the House chaplain's resignation earlier this month...

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.

Again in 2010 Back - Bench MPs for the first time secured the right to set up debates of their own choosing on the floor of the House, rather than being dependent on Government's willingness to stage such debates (which in most cases they refused to do), but this still needs to be supplemented by a House Business Committee so that all the business taken in the Chamber has to be negotiated between the Executive and the Legislature.

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.

The PAC should be empowered in at least the cases of the most egregious misfeasance to table a resolution for debate and voting on the floor of the House of Commons which, if passed, would then be sent to the Lords, and if agreed there too, would command the force of law for being implemented.

A quota of perhaps half a dozen reports each year, selected by the Liaison Committee composed of the chairs of all the Select Committees, should be put on to the floor of the House for debate and vote, and likewise if passed, referred on to the Lords for confirmation (or otherwise) and thence to being implemented.

He was contributing to a debate on the floor of the house for the approval of some GHc 33 million for the EC...

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

The Member of Parliament for Asawase was contributing to a motion on the floor debating the State of the Nation Address presented to the House on the 21st of February 2017 by President Nana Akufo - Addo.

The deputy leader of the mainline Democratic conference was using the free day to prepare for the debate on the Senate's one - house budget resolution, which is expected to make it to the floor on Wednesday.

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

«We are in a global competition for the best scientists and engineers,» said Chu in comments to reporters about the 2011 continuing resolution being debated this week on the floor of the House after he defended the president's 2012 budget to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this morning.

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.

Mock Congress: Cell Phone Surveillance Reform Time required: 4 class hours Grade level: 10 and up Class size: 18 or more Pages: 51 Contains: 18 individualized profile sheets, Background information on NSA surveillance, Graphic organizer for assigned roles, Graphic organizer with word - for - word format on how to run committee meetings and floor debate, Sample rubrics for 3 - minute speeches and participation, Socratic seminar questions for students observing speeches / committee hearings, Maps to various educational standards, Sample follow - up quiz on the legislative process, Teacher instructions and preparation period suggestions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In a speech on the Senate floor this past June, he said, «Climate change is one of two or three of the most serious threats our country now faces, if not the most serious, and the silence that has enveloped a once robust debate is staggering for its irresponsibility.»

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