Sentences with phrase «n't come to the floor for a vote»

It has not come to the floor for a vote in that chamber.

The current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has said that bills will not come to the floor for a vote unless a majority of Democrats agree, even if numerically, counting Republican support, there are enough votes for it to pass.

Yet with time running out on the 2014 legislative session, the bill has not come to the floor for a vote.

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.

Sen. Pedro Espada wanted to be co-leader of the Senate; Carl Kruger wanted to be chair of the powerful Finance Committee, Hiram Monserrate wanted to chair the Consumer Affairs Committee and I just wanted the commitment that the Same Sex Marriage Bill will not come to the floor for a vote.

«I just wanted the commitment that the same - sex marriage bill will not come to the floor for a vote,» he wrote.

The Bayside senator, who did not have a sponsor in the Assembly for his bill, said Gianaris» bill would not come to the floor for a vote.

The board's threat to withdraw from the B.C. Real Estate Association (see page one story) did not come to the floor for a vote, following the board's endorsement of several points that emerged from the provincial association's recent Industry Task Force Review report.

Not exact matches

After listening to Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson explain why bills like the Farm Workers Bill of Rights should be allowed to come to the floor for a debate and eventual vote even if it's clear they don't have sufficient support to pass — «This is about democracy!»

Skelos wouldn't say whether the bill would come to the floor for a vote if Republicans had an outright majority.

«He said he would vote for it if it came to the floor but would do everything he could to make sure it did not come to the floor,» McKee recalled.

Sen. Stewart Cousins would be wise to recall what she said just three short years ago, when she explained that «the [Reproductive Health Act] hasn't come on the floor because it doesn't have the votes to pass... I think it's really too important to put a bill out there, again, that for whatever reason, fails.»

Klein said the IDC had served as a «strong, stabilizing force» during its partnership with the Senate Republicans, but the time has come to reassess that relationship in light of the fact that top progressive priorities like the DREAM Act, a statewide public campaign finance system and the Women's Equality Act aren't being allowed to the floor of the Senate for a vote due to the opposition of GOP Leader Dean Skelos.

That does not bode well at all for moving the same - sex marriage bill out onto the floor — the a health care exchange bill is too liberal to come up for a vote, how will gay marriage ever make it?

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.

But he says he doesn't foresee any scenario in which the public campaign financing part of the legislation would come to the Senate floor for a vote.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will not allow a set of police reform bills to come to the Council floor for a vote, despite overwhelming support from her members, after the speaker and the NYPD reached an administrative compromise on the proposals.

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.

Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., who opposes same - sex marriage and who «pledged not to support anyone for majority leader who would not promise him - in writing - never to bring the bill that would legalize same - sex marriages to the floor» was asked by reporters, dodged questions about whether he thought same - sex marriage would come to the floor for a vote this year, saying only that he was «satisfied with whatever happens.»

It is shameful that they will not allow such an important bill to come to the floor for a vote,» Butler wrote.

«It's an example of legislation supported in a bipartisan fashion stymied by the Republicans who would not allow it to come to the floor for a vote,» Kennedy said.

The legislation was on the floor of Michigan senate earlier today where it came up under «general orders,» but is not expected to come up for vote until the week of April 11th, after a two week recess (spring break).

Please ask Senator Brian Bingman and Senator Mike Schulz not to allow SB 637 to come to the Senate floor for a vote.

But the SCRA surely would not get 70 votes in Prez Trump were to come out vocally against it, and Senator McConnell surely will not bring it up for a floor vote if he knows doing so would be against the wishes of Prez Trump.