Sentences with phrase «from voting on legislation»

Montreal is days away from voting on legislation that would ban any dog resembling a pit bull - and kill thousands more.

Wills has been abstaining from voting on legislation for the time being since he was not part of earlier public hearing sessions associated with bills.

Not exact matches

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).

Murphy is seeking a vote on legislation from Feinstein that would let the government bar sales of guns and explosives to people it suspects of being terrorists.

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.

Pressing the issue further, Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest - ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Mr. Ryan noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants who are now shielded from deportation by the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the 65 - 32 vote in the U.S. Senate today to move forward and take up bipartisan national legislation on disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients.

meaning, the overall system itself is exploitative and needlessly punitive and just pretty shitty all around, so gaming that dumb system likely doesn't carry the same sort of stigma as, say, embezzling money from your company or taking bribes to vote on a piece of legislation.

Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).

He's still pretty conservative and in a recent analysis, I've applied the model from The Constrained Court to estimate the policy preferences of justices and how they would map onto the vote on the health care legislation (it's all based on a statistical model that links the Court and Congress via positions members of one institution take on votes in the other).

The British electoral system values clarity: few people dissent from the line that it is better to have a government that can pass legislation and take decisions when it needs to than to be stuck with one that stumbles on hand - to - mouth from vote to vote.

There is significant support for the principle of EVEL: the 2014 Future of England Survey found that 62 % of people in England agreed that Scottish MPs should be prevented from voting on England - only legislation.

A once - quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote.

They couldn't bother to vote on legislation on child abuse at EU, but they're now trying to score political points from it.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

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.

As the Republican - controlled Senate Tuesday prepares to vote on legislation that would block New York City from enacting a five - cent fee on plastic bags, an environmental group is urging the Legislature to let the surcharge take effect.

Today, the House of Representatives plans to vote on final passage of the Democrats» health care reform legislation, which has unleashed a wave of unhinged political posturing from the right.

In a crucial difference with the version of the legislation that failed to win sufficient Republican support earlier this year, the current incarnation allows states to individually decide which pre-existing conditions insurers must cover and removes caps on how much the afflicted can be charged, and includes an age tax that allows insurance companies to charge higher premiums to individuals between the ages of 50 and 64 — allowing it to win votes from the previously recalcitrant Tea Party - aligned Freedom Caucus and pass by a margin of 217 in favor to 213 against.

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.

While Quinn's «fingerprints» are on several bills, the power to coax another colleague to introduce her legislation mitigates any backlash from core voting blocs and curries favor with fellow Council members, according to Quinn's spox.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

Hanna, a three - term Republican from Oneida County, said he will split with the GOP on the defunding legislation, scheduled for a vote at about noon Friday.

I agree on the factual premise that in order to work together people have to work together, but if the choice presented to Democrats were to yay or nay legislation before them that they disagree with, I don't think many of their constituents would really expect anything different from them than to vote no, no different than any of the 50 + votes Republican representatives took to actually repeal Obamacare.

As Ian Dunt rightly points out in a piece examining yet another lamentable bill, legislation should be «a sober undertaking which demands responsibility and sincerity from those who write and vote on it».

A week after Democrats staged a nearly 26 - hour sit - in demanding a vote on gun control measures, Speaker Paul Ryan said the House will vote next week on legislation to block suspected terrorists from buying guns

The GOP, which voted in a bloc against the marriage bill in spite of advocates» claims that there was support from four or more minority conference members for the legislation, is unlikely to engaged it fragile hold on the majority — if it manages to wrest it back from the Democrats — by taking up this controversial bill.

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, said that party leaders have assured him the Senate will vote in January on bipartisan legislation to protect certain young immigrants from deportation.

Some who have not signed on said they are examining the legislation, including Garodnick — who voted for police reform bills in 2013 — and Costa Constantinides, a freshman from Queens who once was a member of the Progressive Caucus.

The incumbent is businessman Richard Hanna from Barneveld, who has positioned himself as a middle of the road Republican, who's bullish on legislation that helps businesses, but won't hesitate to cross the aisle and vote with Democrats.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan reiterated on Wednesday that his conference, which holds the bare 32 - vote majority needed to pass legislation in that chamber, will not approve a state budget that does not entirely eliminate the remaining Gap Elimination Adjustment, a leftover from the 2008 fiscal meltdown.

Esty, whose district includes Newtown, says she and fellow members of the House Democratic Caucus are pushing for a vote because they believe many Republican representatives support legislation to prevent people on the government's No Fly Lists from purchasing weapons.

The City Council today released a final version of a contentious package of legislation that reduce several quality - of - life infractions from crimes to mere fee - carrying violations — and which it will vote on Wednesday.

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Additionally, the possibility of legislation addressing the water crisis in Hoosick Falls appeared to effectively die after Sen. Kathy Marchione decided to amend her legislation at the last minute, blocking her own chamber from voting on it before its scheduled adjournment.

I have to make it very clear, taking a passage from my son's lectures to me, that it's one thing to vote with the Republicans on legislation in order to benefit the community, and it is completely different thing to abandon the Democratic Conference and give the Republicans control the Senate.

This inability on their part has hurt the ability of woman throughout NYS to benefit from the passing of needed legislation which needs to be voted on and passed in the other 8 planks of the WEA.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday in a statement credited the congressional lawmakers from New York who voted against the Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act through what is considered a slimmed - down version of the legislation.

Meanwhile, Lanza also came under fire Wednesday from Common Cause / New York, which called on him to hold a Codes Committee meeting and take up a vote on a bill to close the campaign finance loophole involving limited liability companies, or LLCs — legislation the Senate GOP opposes.

Dozens of Democratic House and Senate lawmakers have been occupying the House floor since late Wednesday morning, calling on Ryan and other GOP leaders hold a vote on legislation to prevent terrorists from purchasing guns in the wake of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Paterson had originally not included the bill in a list of legislative items to be taken up in the special session, but after an outcry from gay - rights advocates, he told the Times last night that «he would make sure that the State Senate votes on same sex - marriage legislation before it breaks for the summer.»

In exchange for the payments to his son from the real estate firm and environmental firm, Dean Skelos introduced legislation to extend the controversial 421 - a program which provides tax abatements to developers and voted for legislation that allows landlords to increase rent on rent stabilized apartments.

Dingell voted for the bill making it illegal to discriminate based on race, but told CNN his support for desegregation spurred a «nasty» primary challenge for his seat from a fellow Democrat who opposed the legislation.

And that requires, again, in my view, that that person be prepared to vote with both parties from time to time, depending upon the impact of the legislation on the constituents,» said Owens.

Washington (CNN)- Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.

The newest quarterly reports include contributions from April 20 to June 30 and include the dates of a dramatic two - day Democratic protest in Congress over Republicans» unwillingness to vote on gun control legislation.

During the last two weeks of the session — a crucial time, during which in 2011 the governor as able to wrangle votes needed to pass same - sex marriage — the governor took a trip to Niagara Falls and appeared in New York City for an airport groundbreaking and, away from the Capitol, a speech on ethics legislation.

«Though we can not turn back time to prevent the expiration of the Two Bridges URA,» Chin said at the time, «this legislation is integral to my mission to keep similar situations from happening again, and to carry on the fight by continuing to demand a full public review, including an up - or - down City Council vote, on the mega-towers at Two Bridges.»

Though we can not turn back time to prevent the expiration of the Two Bridges URA, this legislation is integral to my mission to keep similar situations from happening again, and to carry on the fight by continuing to demand a full public review, including an up - or - down City Council vote, on the mega-towers at Two Bridges.»

Republican challenger Dr. James Milano is demanding that U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) explain his vote on the landmark health care legislation from March with his constituents, accusing the congressman of supporting the slashing of $ 500 billion in Medicare benefits.