Sentences with phrase «legislation out of committee»

Action Needed: Ask your legislator the support S. 119 and urge the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business to report the legislation out of committee favorably.

«Our supporters and friends in the New York State Assembly, in 2016, managed to get this legislation out of committee and on to the floor for a vote.

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In announcing the proposed legislation, the committee said the change «corrects an illogical and unworkable capital requirement» that would have pushed non-bank dealers out of the derivatives market, making it less competitive for banks.

The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, S. 2115, was passed out of the Senate Banking Committee last year after the panel reached a bipartisan agreement on the legislation.

On Tuesday, Lara's legislation, Senate Bill 1302, was passed out of the Senate Government and Finance Committee.

«Today's passage of legislation out the Senate Elections Committee that would accomplish this goal is a positive development and one that we hope ends with an actual vote and passage from the full Senate.»

Sessions, the House Rules Committee chairman from Texas» 32nd District, has for years blocked bipartisan legislation in the House to protect state - sanctioned medical marijuana vendors from federal crackdown, not letting it out of committee for a flCommittee chairman from Texas» 32nd District, has for years blocked bipartisan legislation in the House to protect state - sanctioned medical marijuana vendors from federal crackdown, not letting it out of committee for a flcommittee for a floor vote.

What forces reliance on a «big ugly» bill is the presence of Repub Committee Chairs who will not let legislation that benefits most New Yorker's out of cCommittee Chairs who will not let legislation that benefits most New Yorker's out of committeecommittee.

In the case of the European Union Committee many of the recommendations were directed at European legislation and policy issues, from women on company boards to food waste, and in October 2014 the outgoing EU Commission President (José Manuel Barroso) singled out that Committee's reports for their excellence.

When he cross-examined her, Molo pointed out that Paulin's husband held investments in Merck and Con Edison while she advocated legislation requiring a certain vaccine made by Merck and held hearings as head of the chamber's energy committee.

The Assembly never moved the bill out of committee and despite numerous comments about reviewing, discussing, considering, and conferencing the legislation, ultimately didn't change the bill from the Senate amended version and only amended the bill in the final week of the legislative session.

The re-districting plan was initially approved and unanimously voted out of the Legislation Committee, chaired by Legislator John Nonna (D - Mount Pleasant), on May 2 by the Republican and Democratic committeeCommittee, chaired by Legislator John Nonna (D - Mount Pleasant), on May 2 by the Republican and Democratic committeecommittee members.

I now believe that chambers must democratize, hold more public hearings on major legislation and use joint conference committees to hammer out agreed upon legislation, instead of relying upon closed door meetings between their leaders and the governor.

Fresh on the heels of a similar state law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo three weeks ago, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) announced last week that legislation he introduced to ban the sale of bath salts has been passed out of a key Senate committee.

A similar piece of legislation was introduced by Councilman Danny Dromm last year, but the bill never made it out of committee for a vote.

While the legislation passed the Senate by a 57 to 5 tally, it has not even moved out of committee in the Assembly, where it is sponsored by Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D - Queens).

(In New Jersey, committees actually have power to hold public hearings on critical pieces of legislation, something that is never done under the current leadership in New York State; bills are merely reported out of committee or laid aside.)

Robert was a lead sponsor of Right To Life legislation and supported the North Carolina marriage amendment, [5] although he was not serving in the NC Senate when the North Carolina marriage amendment passed out of committee and was finally voted on by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011.

The top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce committee, Texas Rep. Joe Barton, has been threatening to force the committee clerk to read the 900 - plus page bill as a way to drag out the markup of the Democrats» climate change legislation.

Last month, Stec's legislation to strip pension and retirement benefits from officials convicted of a crime failed to make it out of committee.

It would also require the House Ways and Means Committee to report out legislation under the budget reconciliation process that would provide for a revenue - neutral, comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. tax code and would include instructions to 11 House committees to trigger the budget reconciliation process to cut mandatory spending.

And contentious legislation dealing with pension forfeiture and mayoral control advanced out of committees.

Reed vowed to try to preserve what's left of the SALT deduction if the Senate passes its tax legislation and a conference committee tries to hammer out a final deal.

(Albany, NY) Howie Hawkins, who is seeking the Green Party nomination for Governor, congratulated consumer advocates on having the GMO labeling legislation (A3525 — Rosenthal) pass out of the Consumers Affairs Committee today for the first time.

Republican Sen. John Kissel, the judiciary committee's co-chair, said that while he appreciates that Senate Democrats crafted the legislation, there was bipartisan effort out outside of party lines.

The legislation, which was authored by central New York Rep. John Katko, passed unanimously out of the committee and now heads to the full House.

Meanwhile, the report of the Committee on Subsidiary Legislation on the legal profession (regulations, 2018; L. I. 2355) which was to be laid before the House had to be stood down for some time as the Chairman of the Committee, Mahama Ayariga had stepped out of the House when it came up.

«If it wasn't bad enough that Chris Collins was pushing legislation to benefit a company that he's the largest stockholder of, now we find out that he doubled down on this egregious offense by urging other members of Congress to join his money - making scheme,» said Basil A. Smikle Jr., executive director of the New York State Democratic Committee.

And that is so notwithstanding the fact that, as the Constitution and Delegated Powers Committees point out, such legislation would effect a significant shift in the balance of constitutional authority not (only) between the Commons and the Lords, but also (and particularly) between Parliament and the Government.

A special all - party parliamentary committee would carry out the study, and within 18 months of forming Government the Liberals would introduce legislation in Parliament to enact electoral reform.

Westchester County's Democratic Caucus is mounting some political pressure in hopes of bringing to the floor a vote on legislation that would set forth a policy on immigration enforcement, despite it not even making it out of committee yet.

Bill sponsors say it has gained traction, though the legislation has not moved out of committee in either the Assembly or state Senate this year or last year.

Schumer and Katko served on a House - Senate conference committee charged with ironing out the differences between the two versions of the bill, and both advocated for keeping the High Density States program in the final legislation.

DOWNTOWN — A City Council committee called on the state Wednesday to pass proposed legislation to regulate inter-city buses following a pair of deadly crashes involving coaches traveling in and out of Chinatown.

Espaillat and Assemblyman Karim Camara attempted similar legislation last year, but the bill did not get out of committee.

The need for prohibitory language, which does not mention NSF by name, was never brought up during any of the committee's 48 hearings on the legislation, nor was it proposed when the committee waded through 50 amendments before voting out the bill on 28 April.

Legislation to ensure California school buildings meet seismic safety standards - and that documentation certifying compliance is processed in a timely manner - passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Thursday.

«Chairman Kline and his committee colleagues on both sides of the aisle are currently working to develop legislation that addresses accountability and teacher quality issues, which will round out the full package of House education reforms,» Allen said.

But his legislation died after it was not brought up for discussion before the deadline to move bills out of committee this session.

The chairmen of House education committees reached out to school district superintendents last week to solicit suggestions for changes to HB 5105, the so - called «schools of hope» legislation that is in play in the still - fluid budget negotiations.

On Wednesday, the House Health Committee will have public hearings on the Healthcare Rights of Conscience Act (HB375), Healthcare Compact legislation (HB43), and an opt - out of abortion coverage by state run exchanges (HB112).

A committee, comprised largely of lawmakers, voted Wednesday to push legislation that would throw out a series of outdated laws, including one that barred students from using their Smart phones, laptop computers and other high - tech devices during instructional time.

Officials in New Hampshire, Missouri, and Oregon have considered similar legislation over the last five years although the proposals did not even make it out of legislative committees in any of those states.

(3) The Secretary shall, within 12 months after the date of enactment of this ACT, and on each April 1 thereafter, prepare and furnish to the appropriate committees of the Congress a complete report on the determination and review carried out under paragraph (2) of this subsection, together with such recommendations, including any recommendations for additional legislation, as he deems appropriate.

ACCCCE and the Astroturf Power Army will be out in full force lobbying these and other key Democrats as various Senate committees begin to hash out their version of climate and energy legislation.

, the bill's coauthors, had wanted to start markup of the legislation two weeks ago, with the aim of passing it out of committee by Memorial Day.

Because of Senator Kennedy's recent passing, Senator Kerry's August hip surgery, and the intensive work on health care legislation particularly on the Finance Committee where Sen. Kerry serves, Majority Leader Reid has agreed to provide some additional time to work on the final details of our bill, and to reach out to colleagues and important stakeholders.

Professor Zywicki, who testified for the umpteenth time in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, lays out a compelling — and infuriating to this consumer — argument that even though overwhelming majorities of both houses continue to approve this legislation, it has been sidelined by four Congresses and consumers have yet to benefit.

The bill was reported out favorably of the Senate Committee on June 24, 2014, but in recent developments, the North Carolina Bar to get this legislation deferred for further discussion.

[The] Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills [is] to be the Committee to which all private bills, other than Estate bills or bills providing for the consolidation of a floating debt or renewal of debentures, other than local improvement debentures, of a municipal corporation, shall be referred after first reading; and, to be the Committee provided for by section 33 of Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006, and having the terms of reference as set out in that section, namely: to be the Committee to which all regulations stand permanently referred; and to examine the regulations with particular reference to the scope and method of the exercise of delegated legislative power without reference to the merits of the policy or objectives to be effected by the regulations or enabling statutes, but in so doing regard shall be had to the following guidelines: