Sentences with phrase «for unanimous consent»

You don't need to rally the troops for Unanimous Consent.

Harkin then spoke on the Senate floor, asking for unanimous consent that his Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee be authorized to meet further.

He rose on that last day to call for unanimous consent in hopes that that too might help the document be accepted, and he said, «In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe further that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism as other forms have done before it, when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other.

Not exact matches

The existing method calls for amendment practically by unanimous consent.

Wednesday, Republicans deployed a workaround — Republicans on the committee used a «unanimous consent» clause to suspend all of its rules for the meeting, then voted to confirm the nominations for Steven Mnuchin, up for Treasury secretary, and Tom Price, nominated for Health and Human Services secretary.

By unanimous consent, the Republicans gathered in the hearing room agreed to change the committee's standing rules, which normally require at least one member of each party to be in attendance for committee work to proceed.

It is worth noting that for Catalonia to be allowed to become a member state they must have unanimous consent from all EU member states.

The tactic, known as the unanimous consent «conga line,» lasted for nearly three hours as about two dozen Democrats — including Reps. Kathleen Rice (D - Garden City) and Gregory Meeks (D - St.

The «rule» refers to Senate Rule XIV Paragraph 6, which states: All other resolutions shall lie over one day for consideration, if not referred, unless by unanimous consent the Senate shall otherwise...

Thus, from 1789 until 1917, there was no way for the Senate to terminate extended debates (called «filibusters» if employed for dilatory purposes) except by unanimous consent, compromise, or exhaustion.

Won't work past 2 pm: «Making good on Sen. John McCain's threat to withhold all Republican cooperation from Democrats in the Senate in retribution for the majority party using reconciliation to pass health care reform, the GOP used the rule that states committees can only meet when the chamber is in session with the unanimous consent of all members.»

Instead, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) may send Collin's nomination — apparently unopposed — to the full Senate for an all - or - nothing «unanimous consent» vote sometime next week — the last chance before the Senate goes on August recess.

At the beginning of the semester, I received unanimous consent to collect data for an action research study from students enrolled in the geometry course.

The reauthorization before that — the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century — passed the House with 337 votes and the Senate by unanimous consent.

Issa: I'd like ask unanimous consent that the statement by Professor Jonathan Zittrain be placed in the record in which essentially he offers to make available PACER for free.

If a corporation has a Unanimous Shareholder Agreement, which is usually recommend for corporations that have multiple shareholders, the agreement can add additional decisions that require shareholder consent, or the increase the amount of consent that is required over and above what is required by law.

In the Alberta Court of Appeal ruling reported as R v Wagar, 2015 ABCA 327 Justice Brian K. O'Ferrall, speaking for a unanimous court, made short shrift of Justice Camp's judgment, at p. 1: ``... [W] e are satisfied that the trial judge's comments throughout the proceedings and in his reasons gave rise to doubts about the trial judge's understanding of the law governing sexual assaults and in particular, the meaning of consent and restrictions on evidence of the complainant's sexual activity... We are also persuaded that sexual stereotypes and stereotypical myths, which have long since been discredited, may have found their way into the trial judge's judgment.»

Wendy's list does not include this dead child statute, though, because it was passed with unanimous consent (no doubt one of the benefits that a sentimental title is intended to achieve for the bill.)

But even that legislation is facing a hurdle: Mr. McConnell can not bring it up quickly for a vote because Senate rules require unanimous consent to do so, and at least one senator, Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, has objected.

To tolerate Byzantine failure, Stellar Consensus Protocol is designed not to require unanimous consent from the full set of nodes for the system to reach agreement.

WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards today congratulated Catherine Russell after Congress confirmed by unanimous consent her appointment as Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women's Issues.

Support the bipartisan legislation S. 1829 and request Majority Leader McConnell, Senator Hatch and Senator Wyden make the legislation available for hotline and unanimous consent.

A markup by the Senate Finance Committee would normally be the next step, but with only nine working days before the program expires, our guess is the authors will seek unanimous consent for passage.

H.R. 3700, sponsored by Reps. Luetkemeyer (R - MO) and Cleaver (R - MO) and through companion legislation, Senators Menendez (D - NJ) and Scott (R - SC), passed the Senate under unanimous consent is on the way to the President for his signature.