Sentences with phrase «from floor debate»
The House Education Committee passed a GOP bill on a party - line vote, but it was yanked from floor debate in February after conservative GOP lawmakers said it didn't go far enough to shrink the federal role in education.
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The House debated the legislation Friday but abruptly pulled the bill from the floor once it was clear the bill, dubbed the American Health Care Act, was short on votes, according to the Associated Press.
With support from the White House for a higher federal minimum wage, as well as two plans from congressional Democrats to hike the federal floor to $ 12 and $ 15 an hour by 2020, expect the wage debate to intensify in 2016 on the presidential campaign trail.
Tonight on the Senate floor, during a debate on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) attempted to read a letter from Coretta Scott King that had been persuasive in his previous hearing as part of an unsuccessful nomination to a federal judgeship.
What they expect from me as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is that every bill, every motion and every debate on the floor of the house must be looked at within the prism of what is in the best interest of the Urhobo and Delta Central people.
The second video is of Sen. Chuck Fuschillo reading aloud a letter from Rice on the floor of the Senate during the drug law reform debate last year.
When the federal marriage amendment was being debated in 2004, John McCain broke from his party's leadership and took to the Senate floor to denounce it in notably stark language.
Few members bothered debating it, though Assemblyman David DiPietro, a Republican from Erie County, did use floor time to compare the 2013 SAFE Act to «Germany in 1944.»
Debate on the floor included criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, over $ 90 million dollars in cuts to providers of services for the developmentally disabled.
The Republican from Syracuse was also one of the members who participated the most in floor debates.
Sen. Diane Savino, an independent Democrat from Staten Island, said during debate on the Senate floor in late June that the measure is primarily aimed at veterans.
State Senator Diane Savino, an Independent Democrat from Staten Island, said during debate on the Senate floor in late June that the measure is primarily aimed at veterans.
On June 19, 2007, the New York State Assembly passed a bill to legalize gay marriage after a three - hour floor debate that ranged from apocalyptic to heart - wrenching.
On the Senate floor, during a debate that took place around 1 in the morning, Senator Dan Squadron, a Democrat from Brooklyn, asked Senate Finance Committee Chair John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse, to explain the proposal.
After a heated debate and slow roll call voted, the bill was yanked from the floor yesterday just before it was about to fail.
Assemblyman Michael Blake, a Democrat from the Bronx, suggested as much during a floor debate on the measure.
Notwithstanding the unity Democrats showed on Saturday night in getting the Reid bill to the floor for debate, McConnell suggested Sunday that the Democratic caucus could fracture under pressure from voters.
But because House floor debates are televised, reporters often monitor the proceedings from their desks outside the chamber where they can more easily take notes and work on computers.
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.
Senator Diane Savino, an independent Democrat from Staten Island, said during debate on the Senate floor in late June that the measure is primarily aimed at veterans.
The Majority Leader determines which bills are brought to the floor for debate (from an Agenda prepared by the Speaker of the House) and manages debates and floor votes.
«From early education to college and career readiness, the Senate floor debate is addressing a wide range of concerns pertinent to public school students and school districts» priorities for academic achievement.»
Less certain is when this debate will occur in light of competing priorities on the Senate floor, including the president's jobs bill, fiscal 2012 spending, and a possible proposal from the supercommittee on deficit reduction.
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«By excluding these items from the calculation, it will allow more loans to qualify as QM and open up more credit to potential homebuyers,» Rep. Keith Rothfus, R - Pa., said in the House floor debate Wednesday.
While everything from the wall colour, to window treatments and closet space are important in a bedroom layout, one debated element is flooring.
Wichita, KS — A Senate Bill that would adjust inspection policies for puppy mill breeders was pulled from the House debate floor during Kansas lawmakers last session.
The one hour guided tour normally takes you from the Main Hall to the Garden Lobby, and towards the floor of the Chamber to check out the location where the MSPs meet to debate.
To support the debate our founders intended, all Americans have the right to support causes they believe in without fear of threats from overzealous government officials — threats paraded and perpetrated by you on the Senate floor.
During the floor debate a House member attempted to amend the bill to impose a «Scalia rule»: if a Florida Supreme Court justice died in office during a governor's 4th year in office, the governor was banned from naming a replacement (Amendment 962737)
However, here's the most important part: House and Senate officials should be permitted to disclose specific examples of Executive or Judicial overreach from the plain reading of the law, as long as it occurs during an open debate on the floor of their respective chambers or in their committees.
Remarkable scene playing out on the Senate floor as Kennedy (not voted yet) migrates from a huddle of privacy hawks to huddling with GOP leadership over ending debate on FISA as vote stuck at 58.
House Rep. Kionne McGhee of Miami invoked the Parkland shooting in requesting that HB 219 — which would ban AR - 15 rifles and other guns defined as «assault weapons» and large capacity magazines — be moved from committee to the House floor for questions, debate and a vote.