Sentences with phrase «force votes on bills»

Squadron used a Motion for Committee Consideration to force a vote on the bill at Monday's Senate Elections Committee.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he intends to force a vote on a bill that would preserve Obama - era net neutrality rules, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to repeal this week.

Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerHow the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel Hillicon Valley: Trump stuns lawmakers with push to help Chinese company Facebook suspends 200 apps over data practices Dems want answers on Cohen payments Senate net neutrality vote coming Wednesday Harry Reid undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer MORE (D - N.Y.) said Friday that he intends to force a vote on a bill that would preserve Obama - era net neutrality rules, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to repeal this week.

Republicans defeated that effort, just as they did last week when Democrats tried to force a vote on their bills.

Although she is not chair of the committee, as Speaker, Mark - Viverito can set the agenda and force a vote on the bill, Peggy Shepard, executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, said.

Republicans ignored amendments and cut off public testimony to force a vote on the bill.

When we force a vote on this bill, Republicans in Congress will — for the first time — have the opportunity to right the administration's wrong and show the American people whose side they're on: big ISPs and major corporations or consumers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners.

Not exact matches

The nearly $ 1.5 trillion tax cut required a second vote in the House after a Senate rule forced Republicans to remove three minor details from the bill on Tuesday.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referenduOn June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referenBill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referenbill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referenduon in the legislature or put to a referendum.

What I'd really like is a law that forces our politicians to wear the logos of their major supporters on jumpsuits - sort of like NASCAR drivers, so that when they vote on bills and budgets, you know exactly who is paying for whom.

Brown was reported to be looking for a way out of this impasse: the Telegraph claimed that «the Cabinet revolt has forced him to think again» and that «One solution now being considered is giving MPs the option of abstaining in the key vote on the Bill»: but, «Some staunch Catholic MPs say even being allowed to abstain is not enough and instead want to be free to vote against the Bill, or amend it to remove somemeasures».

A few Democrats a the time nearly derailed the vote with the skittish GOP lawmakers by trying to force their way into speaking on the bill.

Squadron, D - Manhattan, told Fred Dicker that his conference will begin circulating a petition among Senate lawmakers in order to force a floor vote on the bills.

Should the bill fail, Squadron said it will at least force lawmakers to make their stance clear on the loophole through a vote.

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

NYC Council members vowed to force a vote on hotly debated police reform bills if Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito refuses to allow a vote this year.

The accord was aimed at heading off a drive by moderates who are just five Republican signatures short on a petition to force votes on a bipartisan immigration bill Democrats would likely support.

He said that, if the government did not formally adopt the idea of extending Britain's membership, he was prepared to force a vote on the issue by attempting to add his plan to the EU withdrawal bill, currently working its way through parliament.

But the government could lose the vote on a «programme motion», which limits debate on the bill in the Commons to 14 days, because Labour will join forces with as many as 100 Tory rebels.

Democrats in the state Senate, fed up with gun - control bills going nowhere in the GOP - controlled chamber, are secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.

But if the government loses its budget bill or the vote on its legislative programme (the Queen's Speech), then it can't function and would be forced to resign.

The vote on gay marriage, in which Cameron was forced to negotiate with Labour to protect a bill which is widely despised in the party, did little to help matters.

Democrats in the state Senate tried to force a vote on gun control legislation Wednesday, to put Republicans on the spot over some GOP senators» resistance to the bills.

Democrats last week tried to force a vote on four gun control bills in the state Senate, only to be blocked by Republicans.

State Senate Democrats are prepared today to try to force a vote on the floor of the chamber on a bill to help child abuse victims seek justice.

Republicans in the New York state Senate have blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills.

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

She recently used a parliamentary procedure to force the measure onto the Senate Health Committee agenda, and Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos has said he expects there will be a full Senate vote on some version of the med - mar bill before the session is over next month.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Republicans in the New York state Senate have blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills.

Last week, alarm bells rang about a possible SNP ambush of the Finance Bill, forcing the House to sit through the night and knocking out the next day's business — meaning there would be no vote on the Government's new Welfare Bill.

ALBANY - Senate Republicans in Albany blocked an effort by Democrats Wednesday to force a vote on four gun control bills.

4 am & we're being forced to debate & vote on a 702 - page Operations Budget Bill spending $ 45B.

Republican leaders in the state Senate did not respond to requests for comment on Hoylman's bill, but on Wednesday they defeated an effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on several gun control measures including a bump stock ban.

Democrats will try to force votes Monday on several bills to ease voter access, including early voting, automatic voter registration and making voter intimidation a crime.

Why do you force your fellow Democrats to vote yes or no on the Health Bill?

It was used under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to force a vote on two bills to rein in the NYPD's use of stop and frisk.

The source speculated that legislative leaders might actually want Cuomo to deliver on his threat to force a government shutdown vote and pack his entire spending plan into a must - pass extender bill.

He forced Senate opponents to vote on politically perilous bills and amendments.

Frustrated at the lack of action by the Republican majority, Senate Democrats sought to attach a bill making it easier for adults who were sexually abused as children to bring lawsuits to another bill in hopes of forcing a vote on the issue.

Gary Greenberg, an upstate investor who was sexually abused as a boy in 1966, said he would have preferred the Republicans allow a straight up - or - down vote on Hoylman's bill rather than force the Dems to go the hostile amendment route.

WCBS reports: «While the governor can't force senators to vote on or debate bills, the New York Constitution grants him the power to call a special legislative session — and experts say he can even keep the senators in the state house with the help of state police.»

Late last year Labour used a humble address to force a vote that obliged the government to allow MPs to see what had been described as 58 papers detailing the impact of Brexit on sections of the economy — even those these turned ou «t to be less thorough than billed.

The Consumer Affairs Committee has voted to pass City Councilman Rafael Espinal's proposed bill to establish an Office of Nightlife and a Nightlife Task Force on Friday, the Brownsville representative announced Friday.

ALBANY — Senate Republicans in Albany blocked an effort by Democrats Wednesday to force a vote on four gun control bills.

Rep. Mark Meadows, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the Freedom Caucus, told reporters Thursday that members might withhold their votes for the farm bill in order to force a vote on a hard - line immigration bill.

The House and the Senate plan to vote this week on a quickly crafted compromise version of the «education savings account» bill that Republicans hope will force President Clinton to reverse his opposition to it.

Through the ALEC Task Force, K12 has actually had an equal vote with state legislators on so - called «model» bills to divert taxpayer funds away from traditional public schools toward the objectives of ALEC's private sector funders, to help their bottom - lines and / or legislative agenda.

Koch Industries has had a seat on ALEC's «Private Enterprise» board for years, while Koch network entities like Freedom Partners, Americans for Prosperity, and Koch - funded «think tanks» have seats on a number of task forces where they get a vote on bills.

Corporations sit on all nine ALEC task forces and vote with legislators to approve «model» bills... Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations.

Corporations sit on all nine ALEC task forces and vote with legislators to approve «model» bills.