Sentences with phrase «from voting on bills»

Prohibits public officials from voting on bills that inure financial gain to themselves and related others.

It would prohibit the legislature from voting on bills between the hours of 9 pm and 9 am.

Cuomo has said he will waive a three - day waiting period that would otherwise prevent lawmakers from voting on the bill by the March 31 budget deadline.

The Senators» reticence to take a position might seem like an unwise political choice, given the backlash some State Assemblymembers received last year when they abstained from voting on a bill that proposed streamlining the firing process for teachers accused of sexual and physical abuse.

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.

The bill states that bank rescue fund HFSF will have full voting rights on any shares it acquires from banks in exchange for providing state aid.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).

Prior to the stunning announcements from Lee and Moran, the GOP bill stood on the knife's edge, with zero votes to spare but not dead yet.

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.

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

After postponing the vote once on Thursday, the bill was ultimately yanked from the House of Representatives floor on Friday after it became clear it wouldn't pass.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the state House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles and large - capacity magazines at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

Mr Balls was speaking hours before a crucial vote on a Bill that would introduce sex and relationships education for children as young as five and forbid parents from removing their children from sex education classes once they turned 15.

this «Bill Keller» guy sez «good» christians best vote neither Obama nor Romney and that a vote for either is a vote for satan... people like this guy put on a sanctamonious face of agreeably dissagreeing but i believe he'd just as soon shovel»em into the gas chamber as have any one who deviates from his mindset on his world.

He's forbidden members of his party, Fine Gael, from voting their conscience on the bill, slated for a vote this summer.

Editorial from The Salvation Army Newspaper The War Cry for 5th April 08 Headlines of a prime ministerial change of mind on allowing Labour MPs a conscience vote when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill goes before the Commons next month have focused on one issue - animal - human hybrid embryos.

The government insists regulators would prevent that from happening, but Greens leader Christine Milne has argued the potential conflict of interest means the PUP senators should abstain from voting on the carbon bill, as Mr Palmer himself did when it went through the House of Representatives the first time.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. was released from the hospital this morning and plans to be in the chamber tomorrow to vote on the budget extender bills, despite having received permission from Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson to remain home.

Schneiderman won kudos from the group for voting to pass the Hate Crimes bill and SONDA, sponsoring the Dignity for All Students Act, which recently passed the Senate, and delivering a «passionate and emotional speech» on the floor before voting «yes» on same - sex marriage last December.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday shrugged off the call from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for an even either minimum wage increase than what is proposed in the state budget, saying it's up to the state Legislature to vote on the issue, not the mayor.

Rep. Tom Reed, who has an «A» rating from the NRA for his votes on gun - related bills, blasted Cuomo for attempting to «politicize» the Las Vegas shooting.

According to this tweet from the Democrat Coalition, it seems to suggest that a bill can bypass committee action and be voted on in the Senate, should it obtain a number of cosponsors.

In her speech in Glasgow, Sturgeon said publication of a referendum bill was designed to give Scots the opportunity to vote on independence before the UK departs from the EU.

There were some accusations about springing the vote on the Council in order to prevent the unions from organizing loud protests (it was put on the Council website late, the media wasn't informed and the vote was held the same day cops and firefighters had already chosen to travel to Albany for a rally), but in the end the Council and the Mayor made clear to Albany which bill they approve.

The most obvious mechanism, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will set out for the President - elect, will be a Reconciliation Bill by which, because such bills are exempt from filibuster provisions in the Senate, spending and revenue - raising decisions can be driven through not just the House but also the Senate on majority votes.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has countered in recent days will calls for votes on key liberal issues such as abortion rights and protections for transgender New Yorkers, inferring the bills still wouldn't pass amid opposition from lawmakers like Sen. Ruben Diaz, a socially conservative Democrat from the Bronx.

However, besides addressing some of the recent controversies in the UK human rights landscape such as deporting suspected terrorists and prisoner voting, the Conservative Manifesto does not provide much detail on what specifically a British Bill of Rights will contain and how it will differ from the HRA.

Thus, on the one hand, Volodin has cancelled the Duma's traditional New Year's party; the summer vacation might be shortened; United Russia has formalized measures to filter legislative initiatives, partly with a view to limiting the emergence of odd, PR - motivated bills; opportunities for deputies to miss plenary sessions and vote by proxy have been significantly reduced, with the penalty of pay deductions for absenteeism; and deputies are now required to deal personally with appeals from citizens.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Katko said Wednesday he intends to vote for a sweeping Republican tax overhaul bill on Thursday, rejecting pleas from Gov. Andrew Cuomo who says the bill will place new burdens on New York taxpayers.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

Still, lawmakers Spectrum News spoke to dismissed the concerns stemming from Uber, saying they want to see a bill to vote on, if not an agreement in the budget.

A vote on a bill to let the public vote on reducing the size of the Suffolk County Legislature from 18 members to 13 appears unlikely.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and freshman Assemblywoman Monica Wallace also voted against the bill, which among other things, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from detaining individuals based on immigration status and would provide for legal representation for people without documentation who otherwise couldn't afford it.

Although the IDC has introduced wide - ranging reform legislation — which includes public matching funds for small donations — and held public hearings on the matter, they've refused to bring the bill to a vote without approval from the Senate Republicans.

(His fellow GOPer, Long Island Rep. Peter King, was a sponsor of the bill and voted «yes» after taking it on the chin from Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner when members of his conference refused to provide sufficient support to reach the majority's two - thirds requirement back in July).

Cuomo's other robocall was recorded on behalf of Sen. Steve Saland, one of four Republicans who voted «yes» on the gay marriage bill, jeopardizing their support from conservatives in the process.

The U.S. Senate will postpone its vote on the health care reform bill — originally scheduled for this week — while Sen. John McCain recovers from surgery to remove a blood clot from over this left eye.

Flanagan and DeFrancisco blocked Senate colleagues from voting on the Child Victims Act even though the bill had the votes to pass the Senate.

Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross reports that the Parker - Diaz Sr. blow - up occurred when the Bronx senator joined Sen. Carl Kruger in voting «no» on Sen. Velmanette Montgomery's juvenile offenders bill, which caused the measure to be pulled from the floor before it was officially declared dead.

Paterson predicted that New York will receive some $ 730 million worth of aid from the Medicaid / education bill the US Senate is expected to vote on this week after breaking a long - standing GOP filibuster with the help of two moderate Maine Republicans.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

From the Albany Times Union U.S. Rep. John Faso voted no on the House Republican tax reform bill last week, but that isn't stopping the Democratic Congressional Campaign -LSB-...]

Cuomo has focused his ire on the two GOP congressmen from that area, Rep. Chris Collins and Rep. Tom Reed, both of whom voted in favor of the House spending bill which paved the way for the tax bill.

There was little secret Gov. Andrew Cuomo was opposed to the Republican - backed tax bill that passed the House of Representatives on Thursday and wanted GOP lawmakers from New York to vote against it.

[18] The announcement came a day after the narrow passing of a parliamentary vote on the Counter-Terrorism Bill, which would extend the limit on the period of detention of terror suspects without charge in England and Wales, from 28 to 42 days.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in two separate venues on Thursday railed against a Republican - backed tax bill that was approved in the House of Representatives, accusing the GOP lawmakers from New York voted for it of betraying their constituents.

The only dissenting vote came from Harlem Senator Bill Perkins, who actually praised the work on the bill in explaining his vote, before saying he was going to vote no because he was concerned with taking control away from the legislatBill Perkins, who actually praised the work on the bill in explaining his vote, before saying he was going to vote no because he was concerned with taking control away from the legislatbill in explaining his vote, before saying he was going to vote no because he was concerned with taking control away from the legislature.

The government was defeated in 15 Lords votes on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, its keystone Brexit legislation, with majorities against it ranging from 24, to 128.

The email, from Staten Island GOP Vice Chair Bill D'Ambrosio, said Democratic challenger Domenic M. Recchia Jr. would rely on «votes from Brooklyn housing projects» and if he won, that he would «pay back these votes, and surely build low - income housing in our neighborhoods.»