Sentences with phrase «measure passed last»

The measure passed last week by the Republican - led chamber prohibits gag clauses and clawbacks, two practices called into question amid the rising prices of prescription drugs.

The emergency measure passed last week by a vote of 367 - 55.

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Other states experiencing a rash of smartphone thefts have considered similar measures, and Minnesota passed a theft - prevention law last year.

(The House of Representatives passed a climate bill last summer, mandating 15 % of electricity come from renewable resources, among other measures.)

The House passed the measure last December, but only after it was attached to a dramatic expansion of the right to carry concealed firearms virtually anywhere in the country — long sought by Republicans and the National Rifle Association.

said last week that a stopgap measure was likely to pass, delaying a showdown until later in the year.

New York state last month passed a similar measure that makes it illegal to advertise apartments for fewer than 30 days in New York City, and lawmakers have pushed the federal government to take a closer look at Airbnb and other home - sharing sites on accusations of creating housing shortages and driving up rental costs.

The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to upgrade Palestine's international status from «observer» to «nonmember observer» last Friday, passing the measure by a 138 - 9 vote, with 41 abstentations.

Californians overwhelmingly passed a similar measure, The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, by ballot initiative last fall.

Mexico's Congress passed a measure last year that instituted a tax on high - calorie foods, as well as a levy on sugar - sweetened beverages to combat obesity and address health concerns.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

Cook County passed a similar measure last week, which would apply to Orland Park businesses if the village doesn't act on the issue.

By contrast, only one of the other 17 parcel tax measures around the state passed in the last election.

Looking forward, the move to an autumn Budget and winter Finance Bill, with a promise it will be passed before measures take effect the following April, should mean that this will be the last time we have this problem.»

In the interview, DeFreancisco indicated Cuomo himself had already started hedging on an on - time budget at the beginning of last week when he suggested the state may have to pass a temporary extender measure to fund the governor.

Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy's campaign is pressuring his GOP challenger, Chris Gibson, to take a position on the finance industry regulatory reform bill passed by the House last week, accusing him of trying to have it both ways by refusing to say how he would have voted on the measure.

The measure, which passed the Senate last night 43 - 18, will be voted on by the Democratic - led Assembly this morning.

The mainline conference over the last several months has received reinforcements in the form of the labor - aligned Working Families Party, which released on Monday a «resistance» manifesto that urged the IDC to reconcile in order to pass sought - after liberal agenda measures.

In a statement, Stewart - Cousins noted the child care tax proposal has been opposed in the past the Senate Republicans, linking the need to pass the measure to a unifying Democrats in the chamber — a fight Cuomo bowed out of last month.

The measure to name the span the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge passed the State Senate late Wednesday on the last day of the legislative session, but it failed to pass the Assembly.

The measure, which cleared the chamber 29 to 7 after passing the House of Representatives last week, was one of Malloy's top priorities for the session.

The measure was passed after last spring's budget agreement in which the lawmakers and Cuomo agreed to spend $ 19 million on an Enhanced Tuition Award program.

Silver on Sunday released a list of measures the Assembly — which is dominated by Democratic lawmakers — have passed in the last several years, but have failed to gain traction in the Republican - led Senate.

House leaders predicted last week that the spending plan could come as early as Monday, though there were signs the timeline might slip again even though the stopgap government funding measure passed on Dec. 11 runs out at the end of Wednesday.

Last week, New York State legislators failed to pass a campaign finance reform measure that would end Albany's dysfunction.

Campaign Finance Reform Fails to Clear Senate by Two Votes Last week, New York State legislators failed to pass a campaign finance reform measure that would end Albany's dysfunction.

The House passed a measure in a 230 - 188 vote that would reverse a last - minute rule from the Obama administration that said conservative states can't block the women's health and abortion provider from receiving family planning dollars under the Title X program.

ICYMI: Assemblyman Joe Morelle told me on CapTon last night that passing the same - sex marriage bill in his house will be «more challenging» this year due to vacancies and gains by the Republican minority in the 2010 elections, although he does believe the measure will ultimately pass a fourth time in the Democrat - dominated chamber.

Unlike his proposal, the measure the Assembly passed last year would provide 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability insurance system, and the employee contribution would be set at 45 cents a week.

He's passed nine bills in the last three years, including measures to raise the minimum wage, increase penalties for wage theft, and add the light - green taxis for New York's outer boroughs.

I was somewhat concerned that the Government's amendment gave too much wriggle room to returning officers - but the measure was passed into law last week, and it clearly focused minds as over 100 more returning officers have informed the Electoral Commission in the last week that they will indeed be counting on General Election Night.

The House passed one of the legislative session's biggest gun control bills late Tuesday night — a measure banning «bump stocks,» the devices that allowed a shooter to fire faster and kill nearly 60 people last year at a concert outside a Las Vegas hotel.

The national assembly had passed the measure last May, but the Nigerian president reportedly had delayed signing it into law.

Cuomo had tried to get the exchange passed in June, but the pitched battle over his same - sex marriage bill last year forced the administration to put the measure on hold.

Also passing the Senate last night, after considerable back and forth during which its sponsor, Capital Region Republican Sen. Kathy Marchione, twisted herself into a political pretzel, was legislation changing the statute of limitations for cases of personal injury caused by pollution — a measure intended to help Hoosick Falls residents who are struggling to deal with PFOA contamination of their drinking water.

A bill now on Cuomo's desk would delay the implementation of the bag fee by one year, a measure that passed both chambers last week and would likely kill the surcharge, which is due to take effect this week.

In the final hours of their annual session, the Assembly and Senate last week quietly passed a handful of spending measures that steered $ 56 million to 1,675 pet projects across the state, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Remember: This was supposedly agreed on last year, but the Assembly blamed at passing what the Senate had already approved, thanks to backlash from labor unions — and their elected official allies — that the measure was too broad and would hurt low - level public employees.

Cuomo's last - minute effort to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge after his late father failed in Albany this week after the Senate unanimously passed the measure, but the Assembly took a pass on passing it.

The measure had passed both the Senate and Assembly last year, but was vetoed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said at the time any potential pay raises would be considered as part of the state budget.

The Democratic - led Assembly approved the full version of the plan last year, but the Senate passed nine out of the 10 planks, which include measures aimed at pay equity, housing discrimination and anti-human trafficking.

The bill has been modified to try to quell concerns in the Assembly Democratic conference that prevented the measure from passing last year despite efforts by a former WNY Democratic senator, Bill Stachowski, to hold up a budget deal in hopes of getting an agreement on what morphed into a SUNY - wide proposal.

Lawmakers came close last year to passing a legalization bill that would have set up an insurance framework for regulating combat - style sports, but the measure never came up for a vote in the Assembly, where sponsors are confident it would pass.

The Republicans initially cited «Obamacare» in the wake of the same - sex marriage bill passage as the reason why they wouldn't follow the Assembly's lead last summer and pass the health care exhange bill, even though one of their veteran members, Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon, had been involved in drafting the measure and supported it.

Fresh from attending the Paris Climate Change Conference, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli went to Buffalo last night to help launch the NY Renews campaign, which will press to get climate - related measures passed during the next session of the Legislature in Albany.

Assemblyman David Bouchwald OpEds about the need for a pension forfeiture measure to be passed in the Legislature after a deal on the issue was supposedly done last year.

ALBANY — On the last night of the legislative session, lawmakers in Albany passed a flurry of bills, including a measure that would lower New York City's speed limit from 30 to 25 miles per hour, and alter the state's current teacher evaluations system.

The House Armed Services Committee declined to act on Murphy's bill in passing its version of the defense spending measure last week, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

The State Senate last week passed a separate measure altogether that increases disability pensions for workers throughout the entire state, thereby circumventing the need for local approval.

At this time last year, Cuomo was championing a bill to permit same sex marriage in New York, and he convinced many conservative leaning Senator's to place the measure on the Senate floor, where it passed.