Sentences with phrase «get the bill passed in»

Kearns had his battles with former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that for a spell zeroed out his ability to get any bills passed in the Legislature, and former Assemblymembers Mark Schroeder and Brian Higgins were involved in anti-Silver maneuverings that limited their influence in Albany.

However, Gillibrand is vowing to get the bill passed in Congress before the end of the year.

But this is where it gets gray very quickly: You're a lawyer in private practice, and someone's trying to get a bill passed in Albany, and they happen to retain you as their lawyer.

When the Council finally approved the fee in May, state Sen. Simcha Felder got a bill passed in the upper house effectively preventing the fee, which he calls onerous to low - and middle - income New Yorkers.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio was at SEIU 1199's HQ in Manhattan last night to phone bank with New Yorkers United for Marriage, the coordinated campaign that is lobbying to get a bill passed in the Senate prior to the session's end next month.

Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, a Democrat from Nassau County and sponsor, promised Tuesday he'd get the bill passed in that chamber or he'd walk out.

Finally, if members of Congress didn't have to spend so much of their work week raising campaign financing, they'll have more time to do the work voters elected them to do, expect of them... and get bills passed in a timely fashion.

It was during this period that he earned the respect of opposition peers as he worked with Labour and the Liberal Democrats, delivering key concessions to get the bill passed in the upper house, where the government does not have a majority.

«I'm going to try to get the bill passed in May,» Johnston told me in April.

The Alliance is now working to re-tool the carbon tax agenda in Washington with a broader and bolder vision for uniting climate and equity advocates in a single larger campaign aimed at getting a bill passed in the state legislature.

«Sen. Talent has been working tirelessly to get a bill passed in the Senate that will finally give small businesses the same opportunity as large corporations and unions to provide affordable health coverage,» says Charles Davis, CRB, broker - owner of RE / MAX Properties West in Chesterfield, and NAR's FPC for the senator.

Not exact matches

And while part of those gains are «likely tax - related, past instances in which a tax cut was passed highlight the potential for further gains once the bill gets signed.»

«Past instances in which a tax cut was passed highlight the potential for further gains once the bill gets signed,» according to the strategist.

But he noted that Congress is under a March deadline to pass the Dreamers measure, saying «We've got other deadlines in front of that,» referring to the spending bills.

As Senate Republicans push to get their tax bill passed before Christmas, a research and development (R&D) tax credit used by many businesses to boost innovation could be in trouble.

Under Omnibus Bill C - 38, passed last year, the Harper government gets to overrule any NEB recommendation it doesn't like, whether negative or positive, in the «national interest.»

Senate Republican leaders face a challenge in getting legislation through their chamber, as, to pass, a bill would require support from nearly all 52 GOP senators.

So, if a Gang of Eight - style bill passes, we will get political trench warfare in which the Democrats will treat those who get amnesty as future citizens of a social democratic America and Republicans will treat them as bipedal automatons for benefit of the entrepreneurs who «built that.»

saved thousands of jobs in the auto industry stopped bin Laden ended the Iraq war is ending the Afghan war ended DADT stopped defending DOMA pulled us out of the Great Recession got various jobs bills passed.

i don't think it will pass but its just about getting it in the headlines... the next bill will be more to the point and far more misunderstood so it make really make it past the vote.

Assuming Jackson is the 5th QB taken and assuming no team to trades up to get him, in order for him to be available at # 17 three of these teams to pass on taking a QB: Browns, Giants, Jets, Broncos, Dolphins, Bills and Cardinals.

In Colorado, Nicole was the driving force to get Senate Bill 09 - 226 introduced and passed into law requiring all school districts to have a policy to keep food allergic children safe at school.

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

But a bill legalizing the combat sport was passed Wednesday by the State Senate, thanks in part to the efforts of lead sponsor State Sen. Kevin Parker, who has been known for getting into a few altercations of his own over the years.

Conferees are of course still bound by the need to get the final bill passed in both bodies, but working behind the scenes they're more able to make the swaps and changes to shape a bill (however ugly) that'll get enough votes to survive.

Certainly, the urge to get women involved some 60 years ago can not be downplayed with the involvement of Dr. Nkrumah himself in affirmative action policies and appointment of women propaganda secretaries and organisers right from inception of his government, It is remarkable that parliament under the CPP in 1960 passed Representation of the People (Women Members) Bill into law which amongst others made it possible for women to stand for parliamentary elections unopposed and subsequently saw the election of first ten female parliamentarians into the first session of the first parliament.

Asked after his speech whether he plans on helping the Senate Dems, Cuomo replied: «We'll discuss political decisions in the political season, but we are now in the government season and we're trying to get government bills passed.»

ICYMI: Sean Eldrige and Steve Cohen joined me on CapTon last night to discuss Protect Our Democracy, a new campaign that will work with the Cuomo administration on a coordinated push for campaign finance reform using a similar model to the one successfully employed last year to get a same - same marriage bill passed in Albany.

Or, the legislature can simply pass whatever bill they want and hope that it doesn't get challenged in court, which is also possible.

Despite the stagecraft of theoretical debates that don't end in votes, the partisan gridlock, the inertia that seemed to settle over the Capitol dome at times, bills did get passed, especially in the final, frenzied days of the 22 - week session.

Thus by passing the marriage bill in the House in early March, as supporters now hope to do, opponents could get more than a month of additional time to obtain the petition signatures than if the bill passed at the end of the session in late April.

Kavanagh appeared at the Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association meeting, focusing his remarks on legislation to repeal loopholes in the rent laws, like his bills, passed in the Assembly, to reform the system of major capital improvement (MCI) charges that are added to rent bills and to eliminate «vacancy bonuses» landlords get when tenants leave their apartments.

City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) criticized a bill passed by his fellow Council members and championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg that increases funding and the hours of operation for animal receiving centers but gets rid of a requirement for full - service shelters in Queens and the Bronx.

Leaving Ryan's office before the vote began, McCarthy had told reporters the farm bill would pass, adding conservatives will get their demand of a vote on their hardline preferred immigration bill — authored by Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte — in June.

«The Krohn family are true heroes in helping to get this bill passed as they have turned their terrible tragedy into something positive to help others.

«If we're going to get an assault weapons ban passed in the United States House, I think we need to make sure that that bill focuses specifically on the high - capacity elements of that law,» he said.

Cuomo had to pass his illegal bill in the middle of the night in order to get it passed.

Feal is the founder of the FealGood Foundation, and played a key role in getting the Zadroga Bill passed providing more health benefits to first responders to 9/11 and to crews who got sick while cleaning up the the debris at ground zero.

The governor reiterated his threat to drag the Legislature back to the Capitol before the November general election — most likely in October, which is after the Sept. 14 primary — in hopes of getting the Assembly to take up the property tax cap bill passed with bipartisan support this week by the Senate (eight Democrats voted «no»).

Don't expect a lot of fanfare when the reported deal on the 9/11 health bill finally gets passed today in Senate, signaling an end to a long and ardous negotiation process.

First Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin launched a call recorded for him by John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation, who played a key role in getting the 9/11 health care bill passed by Congress.

The Home Office is trying to get powers from the communication data bill passed without the need for a Commons vote, in a move which would be greeted with outrage by the Liberal Democrats.

This comes as the Cuomo administration is preparing a major post-budget push in hopes of getting the Legislature — particularly the Senate — to take another crack at passing the same - sex marriage bill.

According to attendees at that get - together, the governor made it clear that he will be personally involved in trying to get the marriage bill passed in both houses of the Legislature this year.

«The legislature can pass the bill to get the goals in statute.

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Borough President James Oddo, Councilwoman Debi Rose and several members of the Staten Island Ferry Riders Committee were integral in getting the bipartisan bill passed, and celebrated by riding the inaugural 7:30 p.m. boat from St. George.

While questions remain over whether Cuomo and gay marriage advocates can get a majority in the state Senate to pass the bill, Cuomo's Marriage Equality Act would permit all couples to marry in New York, regardless of their sex.

Cuomo, in announcing the budget agreement on Friday night, praised the IDC for its work on getting a raise - the - age bill passed and for helping secure $ 10 million for immigrant legal services.

Harsher punishments for those who flee the scenes of serious car accidents will have to wait another year, lawmakers say, after a pair of bills — one passed by the state Senate, another by the Assembly — failed to get enough support in the opposite house.