Sentences with phrase «for moving legislation»

Good - government advocates said the real test of the coalition would come with the start of session, when the participants will have to divvy up resources and finalize a set of rules for moving legislation through the Senate committee system.

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Apart for the cuts Barkan outlines, the legislation also does away with the individual mandate that is part of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, a move that would leave millions without insurance again and could raise costs for consumers.

Republican leaders hope to move the legislation to the House floor for debate as early as Thursday.

He expressed concern last year about legislation he feared could lead to the early release of felons, and moved quickly at the Justice Department to ensure privately operated prisons would be available for continued use.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

Just like a thorough vetting of cabinet nominees could have foreseen the scandals that later emerged, a thorough vetting and review process for the monster tax cut legislation would have cautioned against such radical moves in the face of massive maturing supply, a trimming Fed, and a debt - strapped consumer that is seeing higher interest rates on mortgages and credit cards as a result of the spike in rates.

It failed to gain consensus twice, and, if anything, privacy has moved in the opposite direction: President Donald Trump in 2017 signed legislation repealing the FCC's privacy protections for internet users.

Negotiators have been working for days - and nights - on details of the bill, which is widely viewed as the last major piece of legislation likely to move through Congress in this election year.

According to Bloomberg sources, «the White House would like to extend the debt limit long enough to move back the threat of a U.S. default until after Congress can deal with funding for the full federal fiscal year and tax legislation the Trump administration backs.»

If Indian officials were to move forward with anti-conversion legislation or other policies directed at Christians, «he would be a good rubber stamp for the government,» said Sandeep Kumar, a church planter and principal of Mission India Bible College, in an interview with CT. «There is no room for Christians in his understanding.»

Concerns for workplace standards and pollution can not be expressed in legislation in one country without functioning to encourage factories to move across borders in order to escape the costs entailed.

Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God - given right to communicate with Him.

«We are pleased that there will be clearer labels,» a spokesperson for Coeliac UK said to BakeryandSnacks.com, adding that the charity is working with the industry, along with all other stakeholders, to move forward and to get a clearer picture and understanding about the total impact of the legislation.

«Her skills and experience will be critical as financial services moves from an era of the most significant changes in regulation and legislation in its history to its next phase of being an export and growth industry for Australia,» FSC chairman Greg Cooper said.

The first lady has lobbied aggressively for the legislation as part of her «Let's Move» campaign to combat childhood obesity.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for instance, hasn't exactly been helpful when it comes to moving this legislation.

Coming from a family that had fought on the Confederate side in the Civil War, and in his early career a bastion of the Old South which resisted every move towards civil rights for black Americans, it fell to him, as president, to put forward the most significant piece of civil rights legislation in the nation's history.

The Assembly legislation would move the filing deadline for petitions in 2012 to April 16, reduce the number of designating signatures for Assembly ballot access from 500 to 375.

Quinn rejected the suggestion that the governor is being motivated by politics — a desire to settle this long - running Democratic feud before he formally launches his 2018 re-eleciton bid or moves toward a 2020 White House run — saying she believes his only motivated is the «politics of getting legislation passed, and making things better for New Yorkers.»

The push for a gay marriage equality bill in Albany has moved behind closed doors as Gov. Andrew Cuomo attempts to persuade state Senate Republicans to sign off on the seminal legislation by writing in protections for religious organizations.

«We are the group that is directly responsible for reviewing and voting on legislation and moving bills through the process, so to ignore us as a whole would be grossly irresponsible,» said Assemblyman Stephen Hawley, R - Batavia, in a statement.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is about to vote on a farm bill that will reduce eligibility for food stamps, a move that has caused a partisan split, with most Democratic lawmakers opposing the legislation.

Williams said the government will also prove that Silver helped two real estate firms with legislation in exchange for them moving their tax business to a firm that paid him roughly $ 800,000 in referral fees.

A piece of legislation which campaigners say will privatise the NHS will be voted on by the Lords tonight, in a move which some consider a game - changer for the health service.

All together, the moves constitute Cuomo's first actions taken in the wake of the approval of the tax legislation, which he has railed against for the last several months as unfairly targeting New York.

The Democratic - led Assembly on Wednesday advanced legislation that would require a new degree of transparency for political ads seen on social media and other digital platforms, a move aimed to enhance disclosure laws in an otherwise opaque, but growing field of director voter influence.

By the way - a question for KOZ, Bhoomes et al - you've all heard Nancy Pelosi discuss the legislation she will move to enact if the Democrats take control of the House, what do you think of it?

«I'm not sure that they're not moving for slightly different reasons: Bill because it's what he believes,» Mr. Samuels said, «and Andrew because he's looking at the tea leaves, and 2016 may be his last chance to pass some substantive legislation that he's always said he's supported but hasn't done as much [to pass].»

It was part of his pitch against state legislation to move criminal cases for ages 16 and 17 into family court.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

Any move to release it for a vote would have to come from Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx, who holds absolute power over legislation at this time of year.

But Gordon, a sponsor of the New Jersey Port Authority reform legislation and an outspoken advocate for the bus - terminal replacement project, said Cuomo's move is especially concerning since it comes as Christie has taken a largely hands - off approach to the Port Authority in the wake of Bridgegate, which involved two of his former close allies who were employed at the agency.

From legislation that allows union dues to be deducted from state taxes to the Fight for 15 to funding for the Murphy Institute School of Labor, to the nation's strongest paid family leave program, Governor Cuomo has proven, in his two terms, to be the most effective Governor this state has had, and is moving New York forward.»

Conservative sources insisted primary legislation would be required for any move towards charging.

This is not a situation of President Obama's making but a direct result of Assad using chemical weapons against his own people, so if you're getting all jacked up and thinking about giving Putin some type of international accolade on the level of the Nobel Peace prize, I'd caution you Congressman, I fully expect this whole deal to fall apart in about 3 days in any case; and for the President Obama to be forced to move forward post haste with Syrian Strike legislation.

«There's a strong case for clearing up some of the confusion and moving towards greater uniformity in age - related legislation,» Mr Cameron said.

He added the issue still remains a «line in the sand» for him this legislative session, saying that it also made the case of taking up his other provisions in the overhaul package, such as ending soft money party committees, a move that Assembly Democrats have not included in their legislation.

The legislation is also expected to call for some form of local approval from a county and local government body before a project can move forward.

For now, there has been no significant move to have lawmakers return to Albany in a special session to take up that legislation and vote themselves a raise.

«Any moves to reverse the tide of authoritarian legislation we've seen over the last few years are warmly welcome,» said Daniel Hamilton, campaign director for Big Brother Watch.

Such a move — which would require legislation at the state or federal level — would create a massive new revenue stream for the league.

Moves to create a new wave of grammar schools were not included in the speech setting out the government's plans for legislation.

It is shameful New Yorkers are continually insulted by legislative leaders who have failed to move on important legislation for two months.

Political parties are preparing to draw up lists for dozens of new appointments to the House of Lords in a move that will reignite controversy over creating peers just months after the collapse of legislation to dramatically reduce the second chamber.

Unfortunately, the Republicans are attempting to gut the legislation that would protect kid's developing brains and take credit for protecting kids developing brains in one move.»

BY ANDY HUMM Governor Andrew Cuomo moved to severely limit «conversion therapy» for minors in New York State using his executive authority in the absence of action in the Republican - controlled State Senate on legislation ---- already passed in the Democrat - led Assembly ---- to completely ban it.

Washington (CNN)- A top Senate Democrat has offered a pair of amendments to an immigration reform bill bolstering rights for same - sex couples, a politically risky move that threatens to shatter Republican support for the sweeping legislation.

Last year, despite the allocation of funds in Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive budget for legislation changing the conviction age and bolstering the family court system, the move was eventually taken out of the final budget after a tepid response from Republican leadership in the Senate.

The State Assembly approved the legislation but the proposal required approval from both houses in order to move up to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's desk for final approval.

The bickering arose because Senate Democrats support legislation that would move the state primary date to June, matching it up with the recent trend for federal primary dates.