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.
In cashless tolling, tolls are either deducted from a driver's E-Z Pass or the license plate is photographed and you get a bill in the mai
In cashless tolling, tolls are either deducted from a driver's E-Z
Pass or the license plate is photographed and you
get a
bill in the mai
in the mail.
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.