Sentences with phrase «lawmakers in favor of the bill»

The measure was seen as being squarely aimed at Airbnb, the popular online portal for short - term rentals, while lawmakers in favor of the bill insist it is meant to bolster and preserve affordable housing in New York City.

Not exact matches

Skelos and other Senate GOP lawmakers have begun to push back against the notion that they aren't in favor of the cap by staging an online petition drive and accusing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of holding up the bill.

Texas Republicans in Congress once stood nearly united against a bill to send billions of dollars in aid to Northeastern states recovering from Hurricane Sandy, but though they haven't forgotten that slight, New York and New Jersey lawmakers say they won't be returning the favor.

While New York City Democrats would likely be the most frustrated if there's no agreement in 2016, there are dozens of lawmakers throughout the state who had to grapple with the issue on the campaign trail this year, and thus suffered a political headache for voting in favor of a budget bill that included a provision which didn't actually wind up raising their salary.

Gay - marriage advocates need several Republican lawmakers in the Senate to vote in favor of the bill if it is to become law.

(Advocates for the bill, chiefly the Catholic Church, argued that there was no point of passing it in the Senate when it wouldn't succeed in the Democratic - led Assembly, where union - allied lawmakers argue the tax credit is a voucher that drains funds from public schools in favor of privates.)

A bill that would legalize sports wagering in Connecticut — should the U.S. Supreme Court rule in favor of it — has the support of the Connecticut Lottery Corp., but Attorney General George Jepsen urged lawmakers to proceed with caution.

Demonstrators by the hundreds — both those in favor of same - sex marriage and those opposed — jammed the halls of the capital Monday as lawmakers continued to haggle over language that will protect religious institutions and garner enough support in the Republican - controlled Senate for the bill to pass.

The county board of legislators has 17 members and nine lawmakers would have to vote in favor of the bill to pass.

Deputy Senate Republican leader Kevin Witkos, a former police officer in Canton, surprised some lawmakers by being in favor of the narrow bill, adding that he might vote later against marijuana legalization on the Senate floor.

But in the Assembly, it was just the opposite: Nearly every Queens lawmaker voted in favor of the lines, according to the bill.

Tara Bono, a spokeswoman for the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, told county lawmakers that while her group is in favor of the bill it would rather see «an all - out ban on both paper and plastic bags.»

Lawmakers voted largely along party lines, with just seven Democrats voting in favor of the bill and four Republicans against.

That bill was jettisoned on Monday in favor of a new proposal hammered out over the last week in backroom meetings between lawmakers and representatives of school districts and charter schools.