Sentences with phrase «from coming to the floor for a vote»

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.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

Libous also declined to say that the decision by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to allow the same - sex marriage bill to come to the floor for a vote last year — where it passed, thanks to «yes» votes from Saland and McDonald, along with Sens. Mark Grisanti and Jim Alesi — was a bad idea, though he did allow the Republicans knew quite well that the vote would cost them with the conservative grassroots in this election.

There's also a bill included from Assemblyman Marc Johns that would allow members to choose one piece of legislation to bypass committee and come to the floor for a vote.

In a further development, the medical marijuana legislation has been transferred from the Senate Finance Committee to the Senate Rules Committee, greatly improving the measure's chance of coming to the floor for a vote.

Martins has been under attack from his Democratic opponent, Adam Haber, for the Senate GOP's refusal to allow Gov. Andrew Cuomo's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act to come to the floor for a vote as a result of opposition to the abortion - rights plank.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will not allow a set of police reform bills to come to the Council floor for a vote, despite overwhelming support from her members, after the speaker and the NYPD reached an administrative compromise on the proposals.

The 20 - year speaker has the power to decide unilaterally what initiatives make it into the Assembly's budget, what pieces of legislation come up for a floor vote, what resources each member receives for his office and even how much money representatives get from the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee for their re-election bids.

Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.

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

The board's threat to withdraw from the B.C. Real Estate Association (see page one story) did not come to the floor for a vote, following the board's endorsement of several points that emerged from the provincial association's recent Industry Task Force Review report.