Sentences with phrase «limiting debate on them»

This is a government that is fond of putting everything but the kitchen sink in omnibus bills, limiting debate on them, and then passing them without a comma changed.

The chamber confirmed Pompeo to the top diplomatic post, 57 - 42, after an identical vote to limit debate on the nomination.

But the government could lose the vote on a «programme motion», which limits debate on the bill in the Commons to 14 days, because Labour will join forces with as many as 100 Tory rebels.

Part of the reason for the lack of time was the two ministerial statements given by Gordon Brown and Jack Straw, which led to claims from some Tory MPs that the government was deliberately trying to limit debate on the controversial coroners bill.

Achieving reform through middle of the night voting and limited debate on such an important issue is not the way we would have wanted to see redistricting reform realized.»

Some are disappointed their favorite didn't make the list at all, but there has been limited debate on wether mario deserves his crown when I last partook in the discussion a few hours ago.

«Anything that limits debate on the morality of behaviour is an intrusion on the right to freedom of expression.»

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Merkel, whose popularity has fallen over her handling of the refugee crisis, said the word «limit» did not feature in the CDU's main resolution which will be debated at the two - day party congress starting on Monday in the southern city of Karlsruhe.

At last week's debate, he threatened to war with Ottawa over the equalization formula, in a way that would have no net effect on the amount Alberta receives (zero) but limit the transfers to seven «have - not» provinces.

But the fact that the Fed came up in the debate was a positive; «there's no reason such an important public institution — one with such a large impact on people's lives — should be off limits in political debates.»

Biotech stocks slumped Tuesday ahead of the Democratic presidential debate on speculation that candidates will call for measures to limit drug - price increases.

[246] On August 2, 2011, after a lengthy congressional debate over whether to raise the nation's debt limit, Obama signed the bipartisan Budget Control Act of 2011.

On Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNOn Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNon assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNon gun access in over a decade, according to CNN.

By introducing Bill 10, the PCs have stifled debate over Bill 202 and by invoking closure on Bill 10, opposition debate over the shortcomings of the bill will be significantly limited.

On that front, some analysts noted that corporations stopped spending long before the debt - limit debate hit the news.

On March 21, a bill to limit a website's immunity for content when it knowingly facilitates sex trafficking passed Congress — one of the first impositions of liability for online platforms as the U.S. debates their responsibility for what users post.

Reconciliation bills are privileged in a number of ways, including with a 20 - hour limit on debate in the Senate, a non-debatable motion to proceed to the bill, and a strict germaneness test for amendments.

MPs of the island nation will soon return to Parliament, and high up on the agenda will be to debate the Companies and Limited Liability Company (Initial Coin Offering) Amendment Act 2018.

Perhaps his famous declaration about preferring a «poor Church for the poor» may be interpreted to mean that he prefers a Church light in structure, and with limited emphasis on philosophical debate, but rich in pastoral love.

The opening of the church to the world calls for a whole series of fundamental debates on the limits of the possibilities of the Church for coping with secular situations of a private and social character.

But I do wonder how much longer our society will stay trapped in a futile debate on sexuality limited to the moralists and the medicalists, neither of whom has much sense of the moral wisdom, compassionate understanding and sense of ambiguity available to us from the biblical tradition.

The debate is not therefore limited to essays written specifically on the subject.

The acceptance of boundaries that limit debate has become a form of self - censorship that distorts the information flow that is necessary for a well - informed citizenry, on which authentic democracy depends.

The only reason we limit the discussion to the so - called «side A» and «side B» debate is because, as Cindy mentions above, the most you could ever squeeze out of Scripture is a prohibition on same - sex acts (which I still think takes quite a bit of squeezing).

Maybe, or maybe he too is caught up in a great and as yet undecided civic debate on the role and limits of government in questions of debt, taxes, public spending, entitlements, and tax codes.

Christian MPs have weighed in on proposals being debated on Tuesday afternoon to limit the Government's ability to take military action without consulting Parliament first.

The winter solstice is almost always on the 21st or 22nd of December, not the 25th which was the date of the late - antiquity Roman festival of Die Natalas Sol Invictis (The birth of the unconquered sun) but its celebration was rather limited and its influence on the date of Christmas is highly debated.

The discussion highlighted the need for a substantive parliamentary debate on the current abortion legislation since medical science and practice is raising serious questions over when the foetus becomes viable outside the womb, the current twenty - four week limit for «social» abortion and the growing number of doctors in the UK who are refusing to perform abortions because of the aforementioned.

Fast - tracking, according to journalist Dave Johnson enables Congress to agree «to set aside its duties under Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution and vote on TPP within 90 days of it being signed, to severely limit discussion and debate, not to filibuster the agreement in the Senate and not to amend it not matter what problems turn up after the agreement is revealed».

The Scottish Government reduced its limit to 50mg / 100 ml in 2014, but similar measures in the rest of the UK have been resisted because of fears of their impact on pubs About the Institute of Alcohol Studies The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.

Even if the debate does not reflect real change, limited action is expected on the economic front.

In 1975, the Democratic - controlled Senate [6] revised the cloture rule so that three - fifths of sworn senators could limit debate, except on votes to change Senate rules, which required a two - thirds majority to invoke cloture.

Lawmakers in Colorado debated controversial new gun control legislation in 2013 in reaction to the Aurora theater massacre, including a 15 round limit on magazine capacity and tougher requirements on background checks.

Lord chancellor's own arguments will be used to limit the damage of his reforms, after final Lords debate on judicial review

However, there is limited understanding and debate on the implications of 3D printing surrounding intellectual property law, economics, policy, society and technology.

The legislation requires regulations set up for debates involving candidates who accept public matching dollars as well as places limits on the use of public money for criminal defense and non-campaign related activities.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Rep. John Faso traded barbed comments over efforts to circumvent a $ 10,000 federal limit on state and local tax deductions, a debate that grew acidic with a reference to the governor's late father.

Personality cults are designed to limit public debate by focusing attention on the alleged strengths of the leader.

Hosted by the Bay Ridge Council on Aging at the Fort Hamilton Senior Center, the debate also included a self - described write - in candidate, Tom Weiss, despite the moderator's efforts to limit the debate to Gentile and Lane.

The candidates for Queens borough president faced off in their first major televised debate earlier tonight on NY1, discussing the future of Willets Point, stop - and - frisk and the lasting controversy over term limits.

The details of the Democratic debate are still being negotiated as it was a late addition to the schedule - the Democrats have been criticized for a limited number of debates and for holding several on weekend nights.

There has been some academic and legal debate as to whether the Acts of Union 1707 place limits on parliamentary supremacy.

The programme motion is basically the programme for the further consideration of the bill — the time limit for further debates on the bill.

Quinn, taking her first public stance on the Garden showdown more than six months into the debate, announced June 19 that she supported a stricter 10 - year limit — one without any loophole.

This means that any extension would not only be: - subject to a specific case being made by the Director of Public Prosecutions; - subject every seven days up to the agreed limit to the approval of a High Court Judge; - subject to the regular report of the independent reviewer with an annual debate in parliament; - but also be subject in each and every instance to a specific parliamentary notification procedure, to a further statement to parliament on the individual case, a review on the specific case by the independent reviewer and with the provision for this House to scrutinise and debate the report and all the circumstances.

And that's why the major - party candidates for New York governor should put aside their posturing and schedule a series of debates on the serious issues facing the state, including but not limited to dysfunction and corruption in Albany, high property taxes and looming budget deficits.

Much of the early debate about Britain's coming in - out referendum on the European Union has concerned the operation of these rules: the wording of the question on the ballot paper, campaign spending limits and the extent to which David Cameron and his ministers should go into policy - purdah in the final weeks.

Firstly, the introduction of the leader debates limited the distance the leaders were able to travel on the days the debates were held.

From allowing Uber and Lyft outside of New York City to imposing term limits on lawmakers, the governor's budget includes many items that normally would be considered policy changes and debated and approved in the regular part of the session.

Here is a selection of the arguments that Tory MPs made during yesterday's debate on limiting the increase in benefits to 1 % for each of the next three years.