Sentences with phrase «let come to the floor for a vote»
The Democrats have been hammering Martins over his opposition to the 10 - point Women's Equality Act due to the abortion - rights plank that the GOP has refused to let come to the floor for a vote.
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Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told reporters at a Log Cabin Republicans event last October that he would recommend to his members that they let the marriage bill come to the floor for a vote and then vote their respective consciences.
She added: «This was part of a national exercise of legislators coming together and saying, let's bring this to the floor for a vote.
But, Long supports the idea of letting the bill come to the floor for another vote, even though he would vastly prefer to see the whole controversial issue relegated to the back burner where he is convinced it belongs.
The duo said the Democrats should let the bill come to the floor even if the Republicans won't relent, noting 225 members voted for the legislation on July 29th and that 218 votes constitute a simple majority.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said this morning that his GOP conference will discuss for the first time today whether to let the same - sex marriage bill come to the floor for a vote.
Its prospects are even dimmer in the Republican - led Senate, where GOP lawmakers historically aligned with the real estate lobby do not let pro-tenant bills come to the floor for a vote.