Sentences with phrase «from coming to the floor»

The majority leader can say when debate starts, when it ends, manipulate the rules of debate, and even block bills from coming to the floor.

As co-leaders of the Senate, Klein and Skelos (R - Nassau County) each have the power to block legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

As co-leaders of the Senate, Klein (pictured) and Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) each have the power to block legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

«The Reproductive Health Act and Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act would go a long way in addressing these issues, but have long been blocked from coming to the floor by the Republican - led Senate Majority — even as one is carried by their own member,» said Sen. Daniel Squadron.

Currently, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Senate).

«The idea that the Republicans can stop anything progressive from coming to the floor, particularly when there are the votes to pass it, seems crazy,» Kink said.

The Senate GOP has blocked the Child Victims Act from coming to the floor for a vote.

Ms. Quinn long kept the original version of paid sick legislation from coming to the floor for a vote, and eventually voted in favor of a compromise bill the current City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio promptly expanded on taking office.

Currently, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a simple majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Senate).

It's unclear whether the state Conservative Party and the religious right will exact a price from Alesi and his fellow publicly declared «yes» voter, Sen. Roy McDonald, if the bill is blocked from coming to the floor.

Again, so long as Flanagan blocks ethics legislation from coming to the floor he is defying the will of the majority of NY citizens and placing himself in position where he must be considered the most stalwart obstacle to reform and a clear champion of continued corruption!

Are you suggesting that the so - called Independent Democrats would have voted «no» or blocked the bill from coming to the floor?

Campaign finance reform met the same fate when two members of the Democratic Party again blocked the bill from coming to the floor.

He has blocked legislation from coming to the floor that would end these tax loopholes.

That agreement is often criticized by the so called «regular» Democrats who say it prevents progressive legislation from coming to the floor.

Even with the votes, Mr. Cuomo still had to ensure that the Senate Republican leader, Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, would not try to prevent the bill from coming to the floor.

ALBANY — Advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act have begun running a digital ad campaign that largely targets those living in the district of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has kept the legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

A spokeswoman for Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says, however, that Republicans have not changed their minds about preventing the abortion rights bill from coming to the floor.

Senate Democrats have blocked the bills from coming to the floor for a vote and the president says he would veto them.

But when the bill came up for a vote in September, all Senate Republicans blocked it from coming to the floor.