Sentences with phrase «leaders say a bill»

But Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other Democratic leaders say the bill is unacceptable in its present form, including a ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean that has reported nearly 2,000 cases of Zika infection.

Senate leaders said the bill would restore nearly $ 434 million in GEA cuts in last year's state budget, reductions that were first instituted in 2010, when the state faced billion - dollar budget deficits.

The Senate Deputy Majority Leader says the bill is the «last thing» the governor wants because someone else would be looking over his shoulder on the contracts.

Legislative leaders say a bill by the State Comptroller to reinstate oversight powers over economic development contracts, is moving forward.

Many Senate leaders say the bill is meant to make state rule - making more efficient, while increasing protections for the environment and public.

And, even if Wolf moves forward with the veto, GOP leaders say this bill is the sort of accountability measure the governor will have to swallow to get a funding boost in this year's budget.

Not exact matches

«Well, let me just say Mr. President, you made the case for the tax bill,» Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said the bill was unacceptable in its present form and blamed the Republicans for risking the health of thousands of people and new born infants.

However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a revised version of the bill is expected to come Thursday morning.

A number of GOP Senators are saying that the Senate's health care bill probably won't get a vote until the later part of July — a pretty clear departure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hope to get the legislation out of the way before last week's 4th of July recess.

In the meantime, the political math has become far more demanding for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with key GOP Senators saying they won't even vote yes on the motion to proceed on the bill, much less the legislation itself.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has delivered a ferocious attack on congressional Republicans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over a medical research bill, putting fellow Democrats on the spot by pushing them to oppose a measure she said «is corrupt, and it is very, very dangerous.»

«This second failure of Trumpcare is proof positive that the core of this bill is unworkable,» said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.

China is establishing an extensive artificial intelligence infrastructure and becoming a leader in the field, says Bill Studebaker of ROBO Global.

The «unceremonious» firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is «very concerning,» especially in light of the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Bill Richardson, whose past diplomatic missions included negotiations with Pyongyang.

Meeting with leaders of various business interest groups at the White House, Trump said he wanted the House to pass a bill by Thanksgiving and final approval by the end of the year.

The best - run companies have leaders willing to take a stand on societal issues such as gun control, Bill George says.

(Bloomberg)-- The White House is scaling back its plan to seek cuts from already - passed spending bills in the face of resistance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and spending panel Republicans, two GOP congressional aides briefed on the plan said Thursday.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate say they will consider proposals including raising age restrictions for gun purchases and the red - flag bill regarding temporarily taking away someone's guns if they are deemed a threat to others.

«I think doing infrastructure in a tax reform bill would be largely, I believe, designed to attract Democrats to get on board, and I just don't know if there are going to be any Democrats that are gonna be available for support of a tax reform bill,» said South Dakota Sen. John Thune, a Republican leader.

A claim by the Opposition Leader Bill Shorten that private insurers held $ 6 billion in excess capital was misleading because most of the excess was held by non-profit funds, analysts said.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she wouldn't support any budget bill unless House Speaker Paul Ryan includes legislation for DACA recipients.

«I don't want the IRS looming over our faith leaders in the community as they express their religious freedom,» said Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the highest - ranking Republican working on the bill, told reporters when the bill was introduced.

House GOP leaders have hailed their new tax proposals as helping the small - business owner, but small - business associations say they help big enterprises, not small ones, and vowed Tuesday to sink the bill in its current form.

Conservative Party of Canada Leader Andrew Scheer tabled the Supporting New Parents Act Monday, a bill the party says will offer tax relief to young families.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

The Trump administration said Sunday that it wants Congress to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to a bill that would increase the federal debt limit, a move that clashes with an influential group of House conservatives who have warned GOP leaders not to connect the two funding initiatives.

OTTAWA — Taxpayers will be footing the bill for an entourage of at least 30 business people and community leaders to accompany Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his Middle East visit starting this weekend, his spokesman says.

One day after House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi publicly chastised him for supporting the bill, the president said there were provisions «I really do not like.»

Dr Billings, who was deputy leader of Sheffield City Council in the 1980s, said: «My first priority will be to keep the police focussed on doing everything to ensure that all instances of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are fully investigated with perpetrators brought to justice, officials held to account and victims fully supported.

Afterward, at an event kicking off a lobbying day for more than 300 evangelical pastors on Capitol Hill, Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and a leader of Evangelical Immigration Table, said that anyone who says the bill provides amnesty needs «a course in remedial English.»

Washington (CNN)- A leader of an evangelical Christian organization pushing for immigration reform said that while the group needs to read the whole bill filed Wednesday in the U.S. Senate before fully endorsing it, the legislation doesn't constitute amnesty «in any dictionary in the English language.»

During the discussion, these faith leaders said, Obama made it clear that he wanted to see a bill on immigration reform in the next 60 days.

I am also pleased that the Majority Leader has committed to bring the bipartisan DACA bill we are currently negotiating to the Senate floor in January,» Flake said.

Matthew Hess, founder and leader of Male Genital Mutilation Bill, has said, «Freedom of religion stops at another person's body.»

It says: «As leaders of faith communities, we wish to state our joint response to Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill.

«The real issue is whether denominational leaders, of whom Land is perhaps the most public right now... have any intent on sharing real denominational leadership with Luter or other non-whites outside the traditional networks of denominational power,» said Bill Leonard, professor of Baptist studies and church history at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

«We are actively trying to get language inserted into any bill that would have health care sharing ministries considered quality coverage under a mandate,» said Joel Noble, public policy team leader for both the alliance and Samaritan Ministries.

«The diverse panel of judges DuPont assembles each year is a hallmark of the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation,» said Bill Cunningham, global packaging marketing leader, DuPont Performance Materials.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says: «Australia, we are going to make marriage equality a reality in minutes.

In a recorded phone call to voters, Labor leader Bill Shorten said that «cuts to penalty rates will rip off 700,000 workers».

«Today, the New York State Senate acted on an important bill sponsored by Senator Felder that will protect hardworking New Yorkers from $ 1.5 billion in new and higher taxes, and prevent the state from receiving a windfall from recently enacted federal tax changes,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said.

The Conservative leader David Cameron, who has challenged Gordon Brown to put the bill to a free vote, also said it would be wrong for anyone to distort what the bill allows.

In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Labour leader said big business was holding back # 26bn a year from small suppliers by paying their bills late.

«These activists, orchestrated by WFP leader Bill Lipton, are misinformed about NY State Senate process,» she said.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took his time to schmooze with legislative leaders at the Capitol during his State of the State visit, saying: «With all due respect to Mayor Bloomberg, this is about showing respect for the leadership in Albany, and I think he often failed to do that.»

Arriving at his office shortly before the Senate Republican conference meets to discuss the rent / tax cap «framework» deal, Majority Leader Dean Skelos says some key aspects of bill language are still being worked out — casting blame on Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver:

DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican who has been at odds with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said he spoke with Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle during the Legislature's break this month on the bill aimed at enhancing oversight to the governor's key economic development programs.

Senate Republicans have balked at the measure and this afternoon Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R - Nassau County, ruled out passing any minimum wage increase this legislative session in a brief question - and - answer session (he had previously hedged by saying he would only rule out passing Silver's bill).

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called that proposal a job killer, but asked earlier this month if he was ruling out any increase of the minimum wage this session, the Long Island Republican only said he would not take up «Silver's bill.»