Sentences with phrase «majorities in favor of the bill»

«From the very start, public opinion polls had solid majorities in favor of the bill and those majorities grew,» said Gottfried in a interview on AM 970's Effective Radio of the bill to legalize prescription - based medical marijuana.

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The man who refused to bring a gay - marriage bill to the floor of the State Senate when he was majority leader has come out today in favor of marriage rights for same - sex couples.

State senators in favor of this bill made a three - pronged argument: property taxes have become too burdensome for middle - class homeowners; the property tax caps for municipalities outside the city have been — according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — «a tremendous success,» as well as a job creator; and that the city had benefitted so much from uncapped property tax collections that the mayor shouldn't be surprised about the governor's proposal to shift Medicaid cost to the city.

Unofficial election results show the majority of Bronx electoral districts voted overwhelmingly in favor of Bloomberg's Democratic challenger, Bill Thompson.

The process story is ridiculous and the vast majority of the public is in favor of everything in the bill.

While Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has blamed the Senate Republican majority for blocking ethics reform, she should ask Assembly Democrats why they sabotaged the pension bill in favor of a watered - down version.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos spoke in favor of the bill.

The French parliament voted on June 30 to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the web sites of Le Monde and other French media reported.The bill had already passed the National Assembly, the country's lower chamber, on June 21, and on June 30 a Senate vote of 176 to 151 made France the first country to enact such a ban, just as New York State is preparing to lift a moratorium on the same method.The vote was divided along party lines, with the majority conservative party voting in favor and the opposition voting against the bill, according to Le Monde.

The majority of the nearly 70 speakers — including representatives from the Animal Foundation, humane societies, rescue organizations and state Sen. Mark Manendo — spoke passionately in favor of the bill.

But Boxer and her aides will rely on a provision in the rules that will allow the Democrats to proceed as long as a majority of committee members are present, and can report out the bill if a majority is present and votes in favor of the bill.