«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.
Groups like ALEC actually write the laws they want passed, wine and dine (and probably pay outright) to
get those bills passed as law.
Not exact matches
A version of the
bill overwhelmingly
passed the House last year before
getting stuck
as Senate Republicans and Democrats dueled over funding specifics and certain controversial provisions.
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.
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.»
During the fight to
get the
bill passed, North Carolina lawmakers voted down amendments that would have created pro-choice alternatives such
as «Trust Women.
Even ESPN's networks, which carried two of the five games on the schedule, relentlessly promoted next Thursday's Indiana — Ohio State Megacast
as the official start of the season, but for those who
passed on the day's other sporting events to
get their first glimpse of the gridiron regardless of how modestly it may have been
billed, there were a few moments worthy of carrying over into the real Week 1.
But if, for better or worse, the
bill passes as written and districts
get the additional six cents, is that increase going to be sufficient to «fix» school food?
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).
As the state's legislative session winds to a close, Cuomo has yet to announce his support for the Child Victims Act despite his promises to survivors that he'd help
get a
bill passed this year.
Klein was roundly criticized by liberals for working with Senate Republicans, but he has argued the IDC was able to
get big - ticket accomplishments through the chamber, such
as two
bills to increase the state's minimum wage, the most recent of which
passed this year.
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.
Despite the coalition's determination to
get the legislation
passed quickly, enabling same - sex couples to marry
as soon
as this summer, the government may find it harder than it expects to
get the
bill through parliament.
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.
She quickly recovered however, describing her vote
as a response to combination of supporting the enhanced penalties included for killing a police officer and the quandary of the
bill presenting an infrequent opportunity for a minority member to
get any legislation
passed.
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.
He says his staff is working with the legislature to
get bills printed and
passed as soon
as possible.
As I reported yesterday, these phone banks will be a twice - weekly occurrance and are part of the coordinated effort to
get the Senate to
pass a marriage
bill before the session ends in June.
Exceptions are made for public safety (per standing law), the active duty military (per a
bill which did
get passed to approve it), and things which are funded outside the standard budgeting process (such
as Social Security).
Councilman Jumaane Williams, one of the Council's most outspoken proponents of police reform, said members are
getting anxious to
pass their police reform
bills, which have a majority of members signed on
as co-sponsors.
In the end, the Governor and the state legislature came together in December and quickly
passed a
bill restructuring the tax code so that millionaire's wouldn't
get as big of a break
as they had been expecting — creating roughly $ 1.5 billion more in revenue.
The
bill was also
getting more and more unpopular
as the «debate» went on and
got uglier and it started becoming apparent that anyone who voted for the
bill that wasn't in a totally safe district would face major challenges in reelection bids, especially for republicans, for supporting the
bill, so
passing fast there was hope that the public's short memory would forget the worst transgressions.
That shouldn't come
as any surprise, since the split over how best to maneuver in hopes of
getting the Senate to finally
pass the marriage
bill has been going on for some time.
Ironically, Maziarz had just come from a
bill signing ceremony in North Tonawanda at which the governor put pen to paper on Recharge New York and spoke of the bipartisan effort that went into
getting it
passed as part of the budget earlier this month.
During this session, high profile
bills got passed — such
as a new law allowing, in select circumstances, the medicinal use of marijuana.
Should the insurance
bill pass, Uber would still have to
get regulatory approval to actually operate in upstate New York and Long Island from one municipality at a time, be it Poughkeepsie, Utica, Ithaca, Buffalo, etc. (In New York City, where ridesharing is forbidden, Uber now operates mostly
as a black car service).
Since the State Legislature has been unsuccessful in its attempts to
pass a same - sex marriage
bill, the City Council is doing what little they can to
get as close to marriage equality
as possible under the confines of the state law, according to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
The
bill comes
as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to
get the Assembly to
pass a cap on local property taxes.
«
As Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, Senator Harkin was instrumental in
passing the 9/11 Health
Bill by giving the bill its first ever hearing in the U.S. Senate, and Senator Gillibrand appreciates his invitation to speak about her goal of getting more women elected to the halls of Congress this election cycle,» said Glen Caplin, a spokesman, in an em
Bill by giving the
bill its first ever hearing in the U.S. Senate, and Senator Gillibrand appreciates his invitation to speak about her goal of getting more women elected to the halls of Congress this election cycle,» said Glen Caplin, a spokesman, in an em
bill its first ever hearing in the U.S. Senate, and Senator Gillibrand appreciates his invitation to speak about her goal of
getting more women elected to the halls of Congress this election cycle,» said Glen Caplin, a spokesman, in an email.
He says if the governor tries
as hard to
get campaign finance reform
passed as he did to achieve legalization of same sex marriage and a new lowered benefit pension tier for public workers, then the
bills can become law this year.
Councilwoman Margaret Chin, a lead proponent of the measure who has been working with the state Legislature to
pass the
bill, said the DOT needs to resolve any reservations it has to
get the law implemented
as soon
as possible.
There's no doubt in my mind that
as long
as this
bill is brought to the floor, it will
get enough votes to
pass and [Governor] Cuomo will sign off on it.»
Democrat Tom Duane, the sponsor of the Senate's marriage equality
bill, is thought to be considering defecting to the majority coalition if it will
get his legislation
passed, the NYT reports: «Even
as Democrats pursued a range of options — ... Read
Asked earlier this week what would happen to the amendment if it didn't
pass as part of the health
bill, Collins vowed to press on and find another way to
get his proposal into law.
So, you know, I've worked within the committee to
get as much agreement on both sides
as I possibly can, and then I am able to work with the Senate to try to
get bills passed and landing on the president's desk.
I agree, that the recent tax
bill the Republicans are trying to
passed has an effect that is not
getting as much national attention: the impact on K - 12 education.
But it
gets worse: now the CA legislature has
passed a new
bill, AB 375,
as a guise for facilitating the firing of abusive teachers... but it actually makes it HARDER to do so!
Sen. Tim Scott, a tea party Republican on the Senate HELP Committee, said the debate over No Child Left Behind will
get much more difficult once Congress is trying to negotiate a
bill that the White House would sign,
as opposed to just trying to
pass one out of committee.
Undeterred by the
bills that stalled or died in 2013, Parent Revolution spokesman Derrick Everett said that «laws
as novel
as the parent trigger process have often taken multiple legislative sessions to both
get the law «right» and
get it
passed.»
And some school boards — including those overseeing the Los Angeles and San Diego unified school districts — are
passing measures like a «school climate
bill of rights,» which, among other things, mandates that schools employ restorative justice
as an alternative to traditional discipline when students
get into fights or cause other trouble.
Brown's Funding Plan Faces Vigorous Review — and Speed Bump The chair of the Assembly Education Committee turned Gov. Jerry Brown's comprehensive plan for education finance reform into
bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will
get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not
pass in time to take effect July 1,
as the governor wants.
Yesterday, Trumbull teachers and their Trumbull Education Association rejected ConnCAN's award
as a way to protest Governor Malloy's education reform
bill and ConnCAN's work to
get it
passed.
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.
The chair of the Assembly Education Committee turned Gov. Jerry Brown's comprehensive plan for education finance reform into
bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will
get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not
pass in time to take effect July 1,
as the governor wants.
I am about 20,000 Dalars in debt I have a student loan for 1500 on one and about 7500 hundred on the other one, I am savirley behind on my day to day
bills I am now at the point of company's are
passing me
as a client around so I'm now
getting charged by every company in town, I have a new baby due at the end of the month And I do not want to be in debt for the rest of my life, I also have moltaple payday loans owing, and I have a credit card that shouldn't have gone wrong its sitting about 580.00 it's starting to
get really frusterating when I can't pay it all off plus not to mention I have a few collections in mobile companies, Rogers and Telus very frusterating -.
BUT, here's the catch: If inflation is above zero — meaning the prices of goods and services are rising over time — then
as time
passes you can buy less and less with a $ 100
bill you've
got in your safe.
hello just wanted to
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as my family has faced eminse tragedy this year my brother
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Since founding a humane society next door to Madison County's pound, she has
gotten more than 23
bills passed as the senior legislation director at the ASPCA and, most recently, helped to spearhead four other
bills as the senior legislative attorney at Best Friends.
The country's parliament has now
passed a
bill that would ensure
getting a fair share of water is part of all future bilateral negotiations with Turkey,
as well
as with its other upstream neighbors, Iran and Syria.