Sentences with phrase «measures come to the floor for a vote»

«But when these measures come to the floor for a vote, do we want him to do the right thing and support real reforms to clean up Albany?

Now, Klein and the IDC are in «consultation» with the Senate Republicans on bills, but have no say over which measures come to the floor for a vote.

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The sponsor of a Michigan internet gambling bill is attempting to build a critical mass of support for the measure ahead of a potential House floor vote on it in the coming weeks,...

They emerged with a brief statement: The bill would come to the floor for a vote, with ultimately four backing the measure.

He called on the Republican leadership of the chamber to allow the measure to come to the floor for a vote.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last October that he thinks the bill should come to the floor for an up - or - down vote, but he has so far shown no sign of moving the measure.

The measures are expected to come to the floor for a vote in the Assembly in the next month, where it could likely pass.

Senators are starting to head to their conference room on the third floor of the state Capitol because they want to discuss some key bills expected to come up for a vote today — including Sen. John Bonacic's constitutional amendment redistricting measure — but they're pledging to walk out if Kruger shows up.

The same measure has sailed through Assembly committees and is expected to be approved by the entire house when it comes to the floor for a vote.

In a further development, the medical marijuana legislation has been transferred from the Senate Finance Committee to the Senate Rules Committee, greatly improving the measure's chance of coming to the floor for a vote.

The DA wondered aloud whether the senator «even knows» the measure is stuck in committee and said she wished he had showed up so she could have had the opportunity to ask him to join her in pushing for it to come to the floor for a vote.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said he plans to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources told the NY Daily News.

Speaker Carl Heastie says the measure won't come to the floor for a vote unless there is enough support among Democrats alone to back the bill.

There are majority party sponsors in each house of the legislature for a bill to add greater oversight to the state's economic development contracts, but the measure failed to come to the floor for a vote.

Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said that he plans next week to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources said.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said that he plans next week to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources said Tuesday.