Sentences with phrase «later vote on legislation»

Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, herself a key architect of the budget plan, announced her opposition Wednesday morning and mounted a remarkable daylong speech on the House floor, trying to force GOP leaders in the House to promise a later vote on legislation to protect the younger immigrants.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday took a step toward passage of tax legislation that is a top White House priority, setting up a likely decisive vote later this week even though it was unclear if the bill had enough Republican support to become law.

The legislation has been passed by members of the House and was expected to be voted on by members of the Senate later this week.

There was intermittent voting on budget bills today in the Assembly, which followed the lead of the Senate, approving legislation that the upper house took up late yesterday.

Back in March when a series of late - night votes were held on a package of contentious legislation, the Democratic minority conference walked out of the chamber in protest while Senate Republicans push forward on a vote that would ultimately approve the passage of a lawmaker - drawn redistricting plan for state offices.

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Supporters of Dream Act legislation say they were «set up», when a hastily arranged vote on the bill in the Senate chamber late Monday led to the measure's failure by just one vote.

Rep. John Faso said in a telephone town hall last night that he remains undecided about how he'll vote on Republican tax overhaul legislation, with the House expected to take up its version of the later this week.

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.

ALBANY — U.S. Rep. John Faso said in a telephone town hall Tuesday evening that he remains undecided about how he'll vote on Republican tax overhaul legislation, with the House expected to take up its version of the later this week.

The protest began when unruly Democrats — with Connecticut Rep. John Larson at the helm — took control of the chamber late Wednesday morning, vowing to stay and disrupt normal legislative activity until Republican leaders agreed to hold a vote on gun control legislation.

A short while later, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D - N.Y.) said the House «is drenched in blood and the only way we can cleanse it is if the speaker of the House allows us to vote on this legislation.

While the bill is still awaiting approval in three separate committees — Budget and Appropriations, Legislation, and Public Safety and Social Services — the Democratic Caucus is pushing for the committees to approve the proposal in order to move forward on a late night vote of the full 17 - member county Board of Legislators on Monday, July 17.

Lawmakers plan to vote on the final budget bills later in the week after they finally agreed to and printed all of the remaining pieces of legislation late Sunday, four days after they had announced that they'd reached a deal.

The most promising U.S. climate legislation, the so - called Kerry - Boxer Bill, is currently under consideration in the Senate but likely won't be voted on until February 2010 or later; traditionally the American government likes to iron out its policy legislatively at home before agreeing to international commitments.